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Ireneparalegal · 08-15-2007, 09:32 PM

Surveillance cameras at an Arlington, Texas elementary school captured playground equipment going up in flames last Thursday. The school district says spontaneous combustion ignited wood-fiber chips used as a surface at the playground. (Aug. 14)

http://video.aol.com/video/news-raw-...s-fire/1956742

A firechief stated on the news yesterday that woodchips have the tendency to spontaneously combust at any moment. I hope that playgrounds all across the country that have woodchips, the cities will have them removed ASAP! Can you imagine if children had been on this playground?????

Mikado · 08-15-2007, 09:58 PM

Geeezzzzz what was wrong with nice soft sandpits anyway??

Ireneparalegal · 08-15-2007, 10:00 PM

Cats use them as litter boxes.

dawsongirl · 08-15-2007, 10:04 PM

Oh nice. The playground at my school has woodchips! But our superintendant is a jerk and not interested in fixing anything.

So I'm 99.9% positive that they'll stay. I hate them too...what a terrible things to use. What happened to sand? When I was in school, we had sand and it was just fine.

Ireneparalegal · 08-15-2007, 10:12 PM

My son played at a playground with woodchips and I tell ya, those things hurt your feet if you wear sandals or open-toed shoes. They also got stuck in my son's tennis shoes and he was crying because they were embedded in his socks and poking his feet.

Mikado · 08-15-2007, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

My son played at a playground with woodchips and I tell ya, those things hurt your feet if you wear sandals or open-toed shoes. They also got stuck in my son's tennis shoes and he was crying because they were embedded in his socks and poking his feet.

OUCH...That kind of thing must be pretty traumatic for a 5 yr old!

coffield3 · 08-15-2007, 11:14 PM

There is a playground right near to where i live and its covered with that stuff! its awfull.

Brieannas21 · 08-15-2007, 11:22 PM

I think that it had something to do with the 105 degrees that day. It's been VERY hot here lately.

Ireneparalegal · 08-16-2007, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Mikado

OUCH...That kind of thing must be pretty traumatic for a 5 yr old!

That stuff hurt my feet, I can imagine a child. And yes, my son was hurting.

catlover79 · 08-16-2007, 12:24 AM

Thank goodness school isn't in session there yet - and that it seems no one was hurt. My old elementary school had woodchips when I was a student and as far as I know, still has them.

Scary.

Mikado · 08-16-2007, 09:07 AM

The parks around here have a kind of compound made of shredded tires...resembles brick, but is nice and bouncy....unfortunately, its also rather flammable ( Though, it doesnt catch fire unless some stupid vandal lights the stuff )

James"Thunder"Early · 08-16-2007, 12:40 PM

When I was in school I remember the playground was covered with these thing.

Chocoholic · 08-16-2007, 03:24 PM

I'm glad no one was hurt. We have woodchips on the playground at the school I work at and, like Irene said, those things are painful when they get stuck in your shoes. I don't know why schools bother with them. The school playground that I grew up with (And it wasn't long ago!) had nothing but sand and grass under the equipment and we were just fine. We also had a nice hot top area to play running games like Freeze Tag, Redlight/Greenlight and Cops & Robbers. We fell down and crashed into each other at times, but we got right back up and nobody got sued or fired. Now, I'm surprised they even let the kids play Hopscotch, swing or slide down the slides. I'm sure some idiot will get those banned in a few years

PZelda · 08-16-2007, 03:32 PM

Doesn't Laura (MIBabe03) live in Arlington? Holy ****... Scary stuff, that.

The playgrounds back in my hometown have never used woodchips, as far as I know. It's always been sand or pebbles.

Mikado · 08-16-2007, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Homeriffic

I'm glad no one was hurt. We have woodchips on the playground at the school I work at and, like Irene said, those things are painful when they get stuck in your shoes. I don't know why schools bother with them. The school playground that I grew up with (And it wasn't long ago!) had nothing but sand and grass under the equipment and we were just fine. We also had a nice hot top area to play running games like Freeze Tag, Redlight/Greenlight and Cops & Robbers. We fell down and crashed into each other at times, but we got right back up and nobody got sued or fired. Now, I'm surprised they even let the kids play Hopscotch, swing or slide down the slides. I'm sure some idiot will get those banned in a few years

Some of the parks here already took out the big slides and the non-safety swings years ago

08-15-2007, 09:32 PM	#1
Ireneparalegal LEGAL SPICE ;) Forum Legend Join Date: Jul 25, 2005 Location: OXNARD, CA - WHERE THE DALLAS COWBOYS TRAIN & PRACTICE Posts: 38,691	Playground goes up in flames due to woodchips Surveillance cameras at an Arlington, Texas elementary school captured playground equipment going up in flames last Thursday. The school district says spontaneous combustion ignited wood-fiber chips used as a surface at the playground. (Aug. 14) http://video.aol.com/video/news-raw-...s-fire/1956742 A firechief stated on the news yesterday that woodchips have the tendency to spontaneously combust at any moment. I hope that playgrounds all across the country that have woodchips, the cities will have them removed ASAP! Can you imagine if children had been on this playground?????
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08-15-2007, 11:14 PM	#7
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08-16-2007, 12:24 AM	#10
catlover79 God Bless Val Forum Addict Join Date: May 29, 2006 Location: Bewitched in Ohio Posts: 70,392	Thank goodness school isn't in session there yet - and that it seems no one was hurt. My old elementary school had woodchips when I was a student and as far as I know, still has them. Scary.
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08-16-2007, 12:40 PM	#12
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08-16-2007, 03:32 PM	#14
PZelda Two Valeries! <3 Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 15, 2002 Location: I'm STILL missing NYC. :( Posts: 78,223	Doesn't Laura (MIBabe03) live in Arlington? Holy ****... Scary stuff, that. The playgrounds back in my hometown have never used woodchips, as far as I know. It's always been sand or pebbles.
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08-15-2007, 09:58 PM	#2
Mikado Main st bridge Forum Superstar Join Date: Jul 06, 2005 Posts: 25,892	Geeezzzzz what was wrong with nice soft sandpits anyway??

08-15-2007, 10:00 PM	#3
Ireneparalegal LEGAL SPICE ;) Forum Legend Join Date: Jul 25, 2005 Location: OXNARD, CA - WHERE THE DALLAS COWBOYS TRAIN & PRACTICE Posts: 38,691	Cats use them as litter boxes.

08-15-2007, 10:04 PM	#4
dawsongirl Member Forum Icon Join Date: Jan 04, 2001 Posts: 53,140	Oh nice. The playground at my school has woodchips! But our superintendant is a jerk and not interested in fixing anything. So I'm 99.9% positive that they'll stay. I hate them too...what a terrible things to use. What happened to sand? When I was in school, we had sand and it was just fine.

08-15-2007, 10:12 PM	#5
Ireneparalegal LEGAL SPICE ;) Forum Legend Join Date: Jul 25, 2005 Location: OXNARD, CA - WHERE THE DALLAS COWBOYS TRAIN & PRACTICE Posts: 38,691	My son played at a playground with woodchips and I tell ya, those things hurt your feet if you wear sandals or open-toed shoes. They also got stuck in my son's tennis shoes and he was crying because they were embedded in his socks and poking his feet.

08-15-2007, 11:22 PM	#8
Brieannas21 Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 05, 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 9,792	I think that it had something to do with the 105 degrees that day. It's been VERY hot here lately.

08-16-2007, 09:07 AM	#11
Mikado Main st bridge Forum Superstar Join Date: Jul 06, 2005 Posts: 25,892	The parks around here have a kind of compound made of shredded tires...resembles brick, but is nice and bouncy....unfortunately, its also rather flammable ( Though, it doesnt catch fire unless some stupid vandal lights the stuff )

08-16-2007, 03:24 PM	#13
Chocoholic Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 01, 2000 Location: Between a rock and a hard place. Posts: 11,235	I'm glad no one was hurt. We have woodchips on the playground at the school I work at and, like Irene said, those things are painful when they get stuck in your shoes. I don't know why schools bother with them. The school playground that I grew up with (And it wasn't long ago!) had nothing but sand and grass under the equipment and we were just fine. We also had a nice hot top area to play running games like Freeze Tag, Redlight/Greenlight and Cops & Robbers. We fell down and crashed into each other at times, but we got right back up and nobody got sued or fired. Now, I'm surprised they even let the kids play Hopscotch, swing or slide down the slides. I'm sure some idiot will get those banned in a few years