Per a comment from the video on YouTube, this fire took place in Travisso, a master-planned community nestled in the dramatic Texas Hill Country just outside of Austin.
Two types of structures are prone to fire; old houses with bad/worn out wiring and brand new houses with badly installed wiring. Seen more of the former, but the latter is not that unusual.
Looked like that one likely started in the attic. This is called the seat of the fire.
The first exterior shot showed low volume, low pressured, tan smoke from the eaves and vents.
The second exterior shot shows a significant change in smoke behavior. Smoke is no longer visible from the eaves with all of the smoke now coming out at a higher pressure and much higher volume from the middle part of the house, still tan in color.
The interior shot clearly shows the seat of the fire in the middle of the house as evidenced by the darkest colored smoke and highest pressure coming from the peak of the house. The fire is progressing through the open chases and spaces in the attic towards the back of the house.
One of the interesting components is that there’s really no dark black smoke… it’s all mostly tan. This is likely because there are no contents in the house (furniture, decorations, etc.) with petroleum based components.
The neighborhood is fully equipped with hydrants as there is one see across the street towards the rear of the 2nd due heavy (engine seen across the street). Also in the last shot on-scene a supply hose has been laid across the street to an unseen downhill hydrant.
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Just curious, what was taking so long to get some water on that thing?
Per a comment from the video on YouTube, this fire took place in Travisso, a master-planned community nestled in the dramatic Texas Hill Country just outside of Austin.
When I saw the Toll Brothers mat at the house OP was inspecting I was not shocked the one next door was on fire…
Two types of structures are prone to fire; old houses with bad/worn out wiring and brand new houses with badly installed wiring. Seen more of the former, but the latter is not that unusual.
Looked like that one likely started in the attic. This is called the seat of the fire.
The first exterior shot showed low volume, low pressured, tan smoke from the eaves and vents.
The second exterior shot shows a significant change in smoke behavior. Smoke is no longer visible from the eaves with all of the smoke now coming out at a higher pressure and much higher volume from the middle part of the house, still tan in color.
The interior shot clearly shows the seat of the fire in the middle of the house as evidenced by the darkest colored smoke and highest pressure coming from the peak of the house. The fire is progressing through the open chases and spaces in the attic towards the back of the house.
One of the interesting components is that there’s really no dark black smoke… it’s all mostly tan. This is likely because there are no contents in the house (furniture, decorations, etc.) with petroleum based components.
The neighborhood is fully equipped with hydrants as there is one see across the street towards the rear of the 2nd due heavy (engine seen across the street). Also in the last shot on-scene a supply hose has been laid across the street to an unseen downhill hydrant.
Pretty cool video.