This x10000000000000000000000000. **** haters in the ass if this turns out to be true.

About the only thing that could have happened was he caught the outside of the exterior wall on fire and the fire department had to tear out the drywall and ceiling to make sure the fire wasn't inside the walls/ceiling.

Sucks, probably sucks worse for his poor neighbors

Gonna have a hard time getting the insurance money with a picture of the smoker that close to the building

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Only explanation would be fire dept. But I don't see water. Or smoke damage. Or scorch marks.

Looks like something outside caught fire, and the water used to put it out messed up the interior of the home.

That insulation backing is burnt. Total guess on my part but possibly the deck floor caught fire and traveled on to the outside wall then burned through exterior to interior and up in to interior ceiling. The insulation looks wet and the fire department concentrated there so not to allow to spread to other units. With this required cutting roof from outside and also ceiling inside. Of course this is just total speculation on my part.

If he did cause this, I guarantee his apartment/condo building had a violation about smoking or BBQ'ing anything on a patio that small.

He's gonna have a hard time fighting that one.

How it happens is charcoal bbqing on a wood deck. Lots of fires are started this way and many apartments do not allow anymore not sure about townhomes.

I had a grill on a wood deck smaller than that, and my landlord OK'd it. Even added it into my lease.

And that's definitely his place. He's posted beer and TV pics before and it's the same TV and couch. My memory is good.

In a Condo/Apartment?

A propane grill usually is ok.

Charcoal or other means, usually not.

If it's a large complex, it's always in their lease that you can't have open fire/charcoal BBQ's because of safety and liability.

Charcoal and gas for me. This was also close to 20 years ago, so there's that, too.

The WSM isnt damaged leaves me to wonder if it was the starter chimney. I guess I will stop speculating and let Inmem explain it to us when he is ready. Must have been a scary thing but thank his lucky stars no one was hurt.

I may be going out on a limb here but I think he did it wrong.

Not the time or place for jokes.