[In58men]

Originally Posted by tooge

Inmem, first off, I'm glad you and your family are ok. Now, having said that, you learned your lesson, but you shouldn't have had to. You don't ever, and I mean ever start coals over wood. Old wood, new wood, any wood. A small breeze could blow embers on the wood, hell, any number of things could happen. I'm actually surprised something like this didn't happen before. You really shouldn't be smoking on a deck patio at all, particularly a wood one. Sorry this happened man, but geez, I can't believe you did that.

I agree, after several times bqqing and smoking I thought I was good. I made sure the ash and lit embers were under control. I can't count the number of times I used this method. The Fire Marshall was a bit surprised as well. I showed him my setup and the steps I took to prevent any fires. The Arson investigator said in his exact words "this is a very strange fire".