Raingear and garden work

[Gerlid]

Have been out in our summer house the last week. Have done a lot of garden work and one rainy day, I burned a lot of garden scrap. As always, I had my nylon raingear on, an older one I use for garden work. It was pretty hot close to the fire, and I came to think about how our parents warned us about fire and synthetic cloathes. We were told, a lot of times, that we should keep away from fire if we had nylon raingear or padded nylon jackets on. Anyone else who had parents they always were warning you about the fire? Feels like they had some panic fear that we should get our cloathes melted. Not only my parents, all adults were acting the same way.

[BobbyValore]

Lots of materials are flammable unless treated with flame retardants.
Unfortunately this was not always done in the past leading to accidents.

Horrible example was the New Years Eve fire in the Dutch village of Volendam in 2000-2001. Some tiny fireworks triggered the decorations to catch fire and the whole pub burned down killing 14 people and leaving 200 people seriously wounded with burns all over their body as the decorations, ceiling, and their clothes caught on fire.

[mason]

I wouldn't be wearing nylon anything if you're burning off garden rubbish.

Just invest in a pair of heavy duty cotton work overalls for these jobs & save the good nylon for the messier tasks

[Gerlid]

I wouldn't be wearing nylon anything if you're burning off garden rubbish.

Just invest in a pair of heavy duty cotton work overalls for these jobs & save the good nylon for the messier tasks

Thank you for advise. I have cotton work overall and leather jackets too. When we burn garden rubbish , we always do it in a wet period. We have our cottage on an island and a forrest fire should be a catastrofy. So it was a rainy day when I had my fire. I’m well aware of what can happen with nylon and fire, so I’m careful. And as I wrote in my first post, we have been told since childhood about the danger. Spoke to my neighbours today, two sisters who grow up at the same time as me. They also remember all the warnings about padded nylon jackets and fire. In their case, their mother had an accident with a alcohol stove and a padded nylon jacket. She made some misstake so most of the front of her jacket melted and some parts caught fire. She was saved by her thick wool sweather, only got some minor burns.
Guess thats why we were warned about the danger.

[merv]

I suppose the thing is that going back 40/50 years there was a lot less cebtral heating and people had open fires in the home. Materials were not generally fire retardent and it was quiyte temptung to get close to the fire for a quick warm up. We were always taught to be careful as mishaps were all too common back then.