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Permalink Reply by Captain William Frazer on March 9, 2011 at 11:40am

laughing my ass off Chris lol

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Permalink Reply by Captain William Frazer on March 9, 2011 at 11:42am

I do see what looks to be a cord going across the grates, and yes looks like some sort of metal melted, so I would say a heating devise that was apart of the container or this was placed on a heating devise (electric) to warm the container slowly but got too hot?

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Permalink Reply by Mike Schlags (Captain Busy) Retd on March 9, 2011 at 1:47pm

1. take a closer look at the byproducts from combustion on the surface of the coffee pot, or...

2. the melting point of aluminum is 1220˚F (660˚C), which indicates some pyrolysis occurred somewhere...

CBz :D

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Permalink Reply by Greenman on March 9, 2011 at 2:50pm

It's a "whoopsi" fire.

Greenman

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Permalink Reply by Jack/dt on March 9, 2011 at 3:15pm

It looks like one of those european electric coffee pots that you fill with water and plug in. And it further looks like maybe it stopped working so someone thought, "Hey, I bet I can just put it on the gas stove to make my coffee."

A bunsen burner with yellow flame burns at ~1800 F
Natural Gas ~3,614 F
Propane ~3254 F

Mike, as you point out the MP of AL is around 1220 F so if it was (most likely) a thin aluminum bottom, the gas stove is more than hot enough to melt the bottom.

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Permalink Reply by FETC on March 9, 2011 at 4:21pm

CptBzy: Without specific witness statement(s)and further review of the unburn't portion of the room and counter,(to rule out other sources) I cannot answer your thread accurately. Could be accidental; could be children, could be an elderly subject with early stage alzheimers; could have been left on a gas burner (with pilot on all the time) causing slow pyrolysis the decanter over time, could have thought it was ok to heat that decanter, or could have even been a cover up for potential arson intent. So from just a single photo and not all the facts:

Cause: Plastic Decanter placed too close to a Heating Source.

Determination: (Undetermined) due to lack of interview(s) to determine if the evidence found at the scene matches any/all witness statements to conclude a factual finding.

I have seen a gas (pressure) problem at a plant, for which made pilots look like blow torches in peoples homes...

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Permalink Reply by Roy Walker on March 10, 2011 at 1:41am

The search for intelligent life continues ............

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Permalink Reply by Mike Schlags (Captain Busy) Retd on March 10, 2011 at 2:17am

and continues...

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Permalink Reply by john a munch on March 10, 2011 at 2:26am

i dont thing a Britta water filter is supose to be used on the stove to heat stuff up in

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Permalink Reply by Norm Tindell on March 12, 2011 at 10:03pm

Perhaps an electric coffee pot with an aluminum base was set on a gas burner. As the aluminum melted it smothered the gas flame and the fire went out.

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