[Marcella]

“Someone located their compost pile too close to a wooden deck, and the pile got really hot and caught the deck on fire-so there’s a warning.”

That was a pile, not a separate composter contained unit, right?

[JRandomFreeper]

Correct, it was a pile. And they were composting some high nitrogen stuff obviously. Your twirly composter with leaves and kitchen scraps shouldn't ever get hot. Unless you put chicken or horse poop in it.

/johnny

[greeneyes]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3035314/posts

Here’s the link to read more about it. IIRC it was a pile, but I don’t trust my memory.