Scarey at best

Last week, while relaxing inside our RV, we saw a vehicle go by outside that was definitely doing more than the posted 10mph within the park.  A short minute later we heard sirens and 2 fire trucks followed the same route as the first speeding vehicle.  Since not a lot of "excitement" happens in the park, we decided to find the trucks and watch from a distance. As we walked out the door, an ambulance and another fire truck drove past.

We quickly assumed it was a medical situation and the trucks were closer and first responders.  Next thing we knew, there was another fire / rescue truck passing us. As they got to the end of the street, we could tell the driver was trying to figure which way to go.  Having seen the previous vehicles turn to the right, we motioned that way for the driver.

As we approached the same turn, we looked up in to the treeline and could see thick black smoke and also started smelling burnt / melted plastic or rubber.  A very thick smoke and a very thick odor.  Because we now saw smoke, we realized it was indeed a fire, not a medical emergency within the park.

This particular RV park has over 900 sites, with three quarters of them being park model units.  The section of the park the fire was in is an older section so units are closer to neighbors than other sections.

Approaching the end of the road the fire trucks had finally turned down, we overheard one person telling another that the fire was in a motorcoach. A luxury bus motor home was burning.  Between the gasoline or diesel fuel on board for driving as well as the propane for cooking or heat, fires are very serious.  We also overheard that the owners of the bus were out of the park at that time and had been getting things ready to head out the next day. They had recently bought a park model as they intended to return to the park for the next few years and had parked their Class A bus in the storage lot. Two days earlier they moved it down to the other side of their road to pack it for the return trip North. (Fortunately they lived on an outer perimeter road and had woods across the street instead of another row of park models and RV.)

We chose not to go down to the fire while it was being dealt with, instead we walked by the next day.  The air was still rancid with the smells from the fire.  The entire back end of the coach was charred and debris from inside the bus was outside on the ground.

Because of someone else's bad luck, we were reminded of what is / was valuable and have discussed how we would handle a similar situation if it should happen to us.  Not something I would want to experience.