South Carolina couple found dead in home where heater was found to be 1000 degrees, police say

WYFF4 ^ | Infinite Scroll Enabled Janice Limon

[nickcarraway]

How is this possible?

[Openurmind]

“Smart thermostat” controlled remotely by computer maybe?

[oldasrocks]

How would the firefighters even be able to walk in there?

[C210N]

How were the trees surrounding the home?

Reminds me of the Maui “fires” that incinerated anything with metal or glass.

[stylecouncilor]

Ping

[I-ambush]

That’s not a heater, it’s a smoker!

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“How is this possible?”

No kidding. What a brutal way to find our your folks had passed like this, too.

[ClearCase_guy]

Paper burns at 451 Fahrenheit. I read that somewhere.

[Openurmind]

The heater it’s self was 1000 degrees, They do get extremely hot at the source it’s self before blowing it through the house. But it was probably only 130 or so in the whole house it’s self.

[MNDude]

I’m really skeptical about this.

[Openurmind]

Electric company:

“I’m tired of that old couple calling all the time wanting us to turn up their smart meter”.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

It isn't.

[Gaffer]

I think the 1000 degree thing is gross exaggeration, myself. Paper burns at less than half that, and many other materials that are found in the home are similar.

[Gaffer]

You’re not the only one.

[Openurmind]

A wood stove gets up to a 1000 degrees as a heat source. I think they didn’t clarify very well that the air in the house was not 1000 degrees, just the heater it’s self.

[muir_redwoods]

1000°? What domestic device needs to be capable of a 1000°? I mean maybe the actual flame in a furnace or stovetop but really…

[Magnum44]

[KarlInOhio]

The heater (presumably they mean furnace) was 1000 degrees. The room as 120 after it had been opened. My furnace has a flue overheat sensor that would have shut it down long before it got that hot.

[rey]

Firefighters couldn’t walk in there.

Firefighters do enter fires that are much hotter than that, 1500 degrees or more, but that heat is high in the room. They crawl wear it is cooler, relatively. It’s still 300 degrees or more on the floor. They will use their hose in an attempt to cool the environment.

Their gear can withstand about 1000 degrees. On some videos, you can seen firefighters coming out with their turnouts smoldering.

It’s miserable, to say the least.

This was hot.

https://www.firefighterclosecalls.com/close-call-at-alabama-fatal-fire/?fbclid=IwAR0puJepFoMSWv_-xn4HUHPOVfYXYAu4W-0iq21tsKvegi8KS0INOtjAP4g

[Openurmind]

If it was full throttle and never cycled off it could reach that temp after awhile.