Fire at Point Blank range

[Spike Jones 5 2002]

Anyone know any more about the fire at Point Black Range?
South Bend news stated there was a fire over night Saturday to Sunday Aug 5 to 6.

 

[femurphy77]

Tracers? Armor piercing?

 

[SmileDocHill]

Tracers? Armor piercing?

Thats my first thought as well. With the number of times I've heard of fires at ranges, and how it shut down BG range for so long I'm not put off by the restrictive rules some have requiring they even inspect your range bag contents.

 

[MinuteManMike]

How can AP ammo cause a fire?

 

[Twangbanger]

How can AP ammo cause a fire?

When the backstop material is rubber pellets. Once it gets started...it's like a burning tire dump.

When it happened at Beech Grove Firearms, to put it out, they had to knock a hole in the wall and carry the pellets out with a Bobcat loader. (And that's not even talking about what the smoke does to the rest of the building).

 

[South Bender]

WNDU says it happened after closing, in the back in a storage area.

Benton Twp. shooting range closed due to fire

 

[Excalibur]

And that's why you don't use tracers at an indoor range

 

[fuzzy]

That sucks. My friends and I would go shooting there all the time when we go up to Michigan. Hope the damage isnt too bad. Pretty unique joint with an archery range, boxing ring and fitness center. A real man cave kinda place.

BTW, this one isnt part of the Point Blank range chain that has locations throughout Indiana, Illinois and Ohio.

 

[Thor]

Cease fire!

Wonder what they had in their equipment storage area that spontaneously combusted.