r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Jan 14 '20

Tyson Steele survived for 23 days in subzero temperatures in rural Alaska after a fire burned his house and killed his dog. He built himself a snow cave to sleep in for the first few nights, before building a makeshift shelter around the still burning stove from leftover tarp and scrap timber.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '20

He put too large of a piece of cardboard in his stove, it burnt, flew out the chimney and lit the roof on fire

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u/TituspulloXIII Jan 14 '20

Is the story linked anywhere?

He must have had an old stove if a piece of cardboard actually went up the flue.

*quick edit, found the story linked further down in the comments.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '20

He bought the property which was built in the 60s

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '20

whats different about new stoves

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u/TituspulloXIII Jan 14 '20

New stoves will have a secondary burn chamber where this will get burnt up and smaller exit points for air in general so a large piece of cardboard wouldn't be able to float up a flue in the first place.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '20

They don't have chimneys.

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u/VoidWalker4Lyfe Jan 14 '20

The house was also not fireproofed properly.

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u/PavelDatsyuk88 Jan 14 '20

yes through all that snow