Today when I was sitting outside on the patio I heard a very strange loud hissing air sound, hard to describe. It continued, so I got up to see what was happening.
The machine that runs the jack hammer was smoking in a manner that was not good, to say the least. I called Roy and went downstairs to have a better look. As I got closer I could see the machine engulfed in flames at this point.
Allan happened to be home for lunch and he went running over to see what was going on and called the fire department; meanwhile the rest of us watched it burn. There really wasn't anything to be done. Everyone that was parked close by moved their vehicles out of the way for the fire truck to have room.
Luckily it didn't explode and the fire department responded within 5 minutes or so.
They quickly went into action and had it out in a couple of minutes. The police pulled up and had a look around, talked with the firemen and perhaps Allan I am not sure. One of the firemen went over to Allan with some paperwork.
A few minutes later both the police and firemen left, job done.
Hopefully Allan will not have to pay for the machine; but who knows. I have no idea if the owner would have insurance on it or how that works here. The machine was not working properly from the first day it arrived here so it obviously is out of its misery now.
An out of the ordinary event on our normally tranquil street.
A few pictures and a short video, I had a better video; but someone standing close to me was using some language not meant for a G rated blog so I couldn't post that one.
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8 comments:
Well sounds like the compressor either siezed up from no oil or overheated because someone wasn't looking after it very well. In any case the unit is toast, or should I say toasted. Chalk up on air compressor.....at least you will not have too much noise for now.
Tancho, the first day the guy brought it here, it was not working properly. It was smoking, etc. and the guy that brought it was looking at it and did something and they continued to use it. I guess he thought he had found the problem; but obviously not.
Yes, it will be quieter for awhile anyway.
Sounds like you had some action going there. Heeeehee. Glad no one was hurt. My husband has two compressors and they are both old. They're in the garage on theother side of my studio. I'm going to have to ask him to check them and make sure they are okay. Kind of scary. Thanks for sharing. Have a great day.
Hi Gloria. I don't think you have to worry about your hubbys compressors. This was one of the huge commercial size ones and had been running all day more or less and it had troubles when it arrived a few days ago. I am sure your hubby takes care of his and they are not running in the garage either so should be no problem.
Have a great week or what is left of it.
Amazing. We experience this same sequence of events at our place when I try cook. Explosion, smoke, flames, firemen... the whole bit! :)
Kelsi: too funny!!! I guess we could have had a wiener roast if you didn't mind the taste of petroleum product smoke on your food.
Hi Brenda. Just stopped by to say Happy Valentines amiga Day. Enjoy.
Thanks Gloria the same to you.
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