Front Page  »  

Crews battle motorhome fire in Atascadero

August 11, 2024

By KAREN VELIE

Firefighters are battling a motorhome fire that spread to vegetation in Atascadero on Sunday.

Shortly after 2 p.m., a caller reported a motorhome burning on El Camino Real in the Home Depot parking lot. Firefighters battled the blaze that spread to vegetation in the area.

Emergency personnel transported one person to the hospital for treatment of burns, according to scanner traffic.

Crews have stopped the spread, but remain on site.

 


Loading...
Subjects:     
Related:


3 Comments
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments

Most RVers and the general public are unaware that most RV fires are caused by overheated Absorption Refrigerators. Absorption refrigerators can overheat and catch on fire, even when the refrigerator and RV are level.


To prevent this problem, many RV manufacturers today are equipping their new RVs with high-efficiency compressor fridges.


In contrast to the energy hogs of a 20 years ago, the high-efficiency compressor fridges of today can run many days on a 12 volt battery.


6

I kind of worry about the motor homes living at Albertsons in Morro Bay all day long taking up multiple parking spaces… they are not the best kept RV’s… they are old and beat up… Motorhomes are not meant to be lived in… its just a matter of time before one either bursts into flames or springs a black tank leak….


4

In order to save weight, RVs are delicate like dollhouses.


1