absolutezero
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I learn somthing in your experience,thank you for the sharing
Ha! I feel your pain!!!!!!!!!Wanted to share this, in hope's this will help or save someone in the future. If you have any others please share.
After long day in mountains came back to spike camp ( roughly 5 miles from the truck), and started a fire in a Dakota fire pit we dug out. Had been cold all day so was setting very close to the fire (criss,cross apple sauce style) on the ground. Took out my canister stove and my tank, put it between my legs, went to screw the stove on and fire started rolling out the side of the stove between the stove and the tank. It had caught fire as I did not have it all the way screwed on yet. As you can imagine my life flashed before my eyes, my brother in law with me took off running, I had enough mindset to kick the stove, and it went down toward the creek rolling on fire. Luckily one of the rolls it actually help tighten the stove enough the fire went out. All I can figure is The Lord watched over me.
Hope this helps someone in the future.
Those SVEA’s could be dangerous, I’ve done the same.Years ago I started a SVEA stove on the deck of a Forest Service cabin in southeast AK.
I went inside to get a pot and when I got back the deck was on fire...the cracked o-ring had leaked white gas.
Luckily it was pouring rain and I kicked the stove off the deck and the deck was wet so the wood never caught fire.