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Loaded Gun Cooks Off in a Wisconsin House Fire, Wounding a Firefighter
The Truth About Guns ^ | February 28, 2021 | John Boch

Posted on 03/01/2021 11:24:58 AM PST by COBOL2Java


While ammunition exploding in the heat of a fire generally poses little to no risk to bystanders or firefighters, loaded firearms do. Case in point…a firearm that cooked off during recent house fire ground in Willard, Wisconsin, critically injured a firefighter.

Justin Fredrickson, 35, has undergone multiple surgeries, but is expected to recover from the harrowing experience.

From madison.com . . .

Justin Fredrickson was extinguishing a house fire near Sheldon on Feb. 19 when he suddenly felt a pain in his stomach, according to Cornell Area Fire Chief Dennis Klass.

“He was spraying water and he felt like he was hit in the stomach by a two-by-four,” Klass said Wednesday.

Fredrickson, 35, was wearing full turnout gear. He started to remove the clothing, to discover he had been shot in his lower stomach. Because of the gear, there wasn’t much blood visible.

Apparently, a loaded .38-caliber pistol within the house had fired, although no one was inside the structure. The gun had become so hot due to conditions from the blaze it began to fire rounds.

“There were four, five rounds that were fired,” Klass said. The bullets traveled through an exterior wall, including the one that struck Fredrickson. “This is just a freak accident. It could have happened to anybody.”

Fortunately, it appears that Fredrickson will recover.

This story should provide an argument for the NRA’s Three Gun Safety Rules.

#1: ALWAYS keep the gun pointed in a safe direction.

#2: ALWAYS keep your finger off the trigger until ready to shoot.

#3: ALWAYS keep the gun unloaded until ready to use.

Many of us consider keeping a loaded firearm accessible in case of an emergency is “in use.” This incident should provide a reason why we shouldn’t store our guns with a round in the chamber unless there’s a good reason for it.

After all, it’s in poor taste to have your guns cook off and wound the very people trying to save your life, your home and your possessions.


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1 posted on 03/01/2021 11:24:58 AM PST by COBOL2Java
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To: COBOL2Java

I remember similar stories in the press about fifty years ago, of ammo going off during a fire, and the firemen fleeing the scene.

Later tests showed that ammo still in it’s box will simply fly apart with a BANG but not hurt anyone as it is not contained.

I am reminded of a student on our school camping trip who threw some wood on a campfire. A few minutes later there was a big BANG and an empty .22 case hit him in the arm.

I also remember an eight year old ME throwing .22 ammo into a campfire just to hear it go BANG!


2 posted on 03/01/2021 11:33:52 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar ((Democrats have declared us to be THE OBSOLETE MAN in the Twilight Zone.))
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To: COBOL2Java

Yup. Chamered rounds can “cook off” and act like they’ve been fired. I used to have a video of various quantities of ammo cooking off in a fire. Pretty interesting. Might have been a SAAMI video. Found it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SlOXowwC4c


3 posted on 03/01/2021 11:34:53 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
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To: COBOL2Java

a loaded .38-caliber pistol
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Must have been a .380, a .38 is a revolver and could not fire more than once under those circumstances.


4 posted on 03/01/2021 11:36:19 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: COBOL2Java
That's a baloney story. Unless they're talking about the S&W model 52 (a pretty rare handgun), the 38 special is typically a revolver. Maybe, maybe, a single round could cook off and discharge.

But that's the only round that could possibly exit the barrel.

But the other rounds would have to cook off, too. Thus exploding in the cylinder. Thus rendering the gun inoperable.

I don't buy it. The story stinks.

5 posted on 03/01/2021 11:38:00 AM PST by LouAvul (Lying headlines from fake news articles written by pimps masquerading as journalists.)
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To: COBOL2Java

#3: ALWAYS keep the gun unloaded until ready to use.

....

Riiiight.
Pardon me mister home invader, I just need to attend to a minor matter...hold on a minute...


6 posted on 03/01/2021 11:38:19 AM PST by SheepWhisperer (My enemy saw me on my knees, head bowed and thought they had won until I rose up and said Amen!)
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To: COBOL2Java
“There were four, five rounds that were fired,” Klass said. The bullets traveled through an exterior wall, including the one that struck Fredrickson. “This is just a freak accident. It could have happened to anybody.”

From a revolver? Maybe the round in the pipe and some loose rounds nearby that they heard cook off.

7 posted on 03/01/2021 11:39:27 AM PST by broken_clock (Go Trump! Still praying.)
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To: COBOL2Java

Years ago at the Anchorage airport, a hunter’s duffle bag was tossed on the scale at check in and the loaded 44 mag revolver inside barked off a round. No one was injured except the woodwork.


8 posted on 03/01/2021 11:47:32 AM PST by dainbramaged (Windage and Elevation)
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To: COBOL2Java

Multiple “shots”? Doubt it was a .380, as the lack of opposing force should create a virtual limp-wrist after the first shot likely preventing a fresh cartridge from being loaded. A 5-shot .38 revolver could send one down the barrel and one each on either side of the cylinder, enough to clear the frame.


9 posted on 03/01/2021 11:48:15 AM PST by Niteranger68 (Trump is America!)
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To: LouAvul
The story didn't claim it was 38 Special.

There is a 38 Super that is a pistol.
10 posted on 03/01/2021 11:52:31 AM PST by jy8z (When push comes disguised as nudge, I do not budge.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

My Great Grandma swept a 22 cartridge when she was sweeping the house, into a fireplace, and it shot her eye out.


11 posted on 03/01/2021 11:53:47 AM PST by Klemper (And then... and ONLY then... do they get their only chance to come back into America the legal way.)
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To: rktman

Great find!


12 posted on 03/01/2021 11:57:07 AM PST by Quality_Not_Quantity ("...for the sake of His name." Psalm 23:3)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Must have been a .380, a .38 is a revolver


Well, they did refer to it as a pistol, so maybe they got lucky and got a bit of the story straight.


13 posted on 03/01/2021 11:58:35 AM PST by Quality_Not_Quantity ("...for the sake of His name." Psalm 23:3)
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To: Lurkinanloomin; All

Yup. All the armchair firearms experts proclaiming authority don’t know the difference between a wheel gun and a semi. It seems these clowns think a revolver can go full auto.


14 posted on 03/01/2021 11:59:35 AM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: jy8z

And I have one. Old Llama. Shoots well but ammo can be difficult to find. Well, before the boating thing


15 posted on 03/01/2021 12:10:00 PM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
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To: COBOL2Java

and liberals have added:

4: Always keep them triple locked up so that you absolutely positively can’t get to them in time should someone break into your home


16 posted on 03/01/2021 12:12:22 PM PST by Bob434
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To: Klemper

did the ammo do it? Or a piece of the fireplace that exploded and broke off when the cartridge exploded?


17 posted on 03/01/2021 12:14:53 PM PST by Bob434
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To: Cobra64

check this out...from a Ret. 3-star general no less...

https://youtu.be/IYjjWPvL9j0


18 posted on 03/01/2021 12:29:14 PM PST by stylin19a (If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball.)
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To: rktman

I believe there also referred to as 9mm Largo.


19 posted on 03/01/2021 12:29:42 PM PST by jy8z (When push comes disguised as nudge, I do not budge.)
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To: jy8z

There should be They’re. I forgot to proofread.


20 posted on 03/01/2021 12:33:52 PM PST by jy8z (When push comes disguised as nudge, I do not budge.)
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