Wednesday, August 15

Lawn mower catches fire, blaze destroys home


Ledger-Enquirer.com | 08/15/2007 | Lawn mower catches fire, blaze destroys home
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. --Danny Fendley started more than just his mower Tuesday afternoon when he tugged at the machine's pull chord.

The mower "exploded," starting a fire that soon destroyed Fendley's home in the hot, parched conditions.

He was trying to start the mower in the garage of his two-story brick home in the north Atlanta suburb of Johns Creek when the machine burst into flames. Before Fendley could extinguish the fire, it had spread all over the garage.

Then his wife tried to toss a can of gasoline out a window as the blaze spread, but she missed, spreading the fuel "everywhere," he said.

The flames engulfed the house in less than a minute. The two escaped without serious injury.

Lawn Mower Safety PSA