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Hot-dog cart bursts into flames on Boston Common
By adamg on Thu, 10/31/2024 - 10:27pm
Charred remains of the hot-dog stand, photo by roving UHub photographer Patrick S.
Boston firefighters responded to the Common shortly after 2:20 p.m. for a flaming hot-dog stand on the main path near the baseball field. Firefighters quickly doused the fire.
No reports of injuries, no tallies of burnt wieners.
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We're all trying to find out
We're all trying to find out who did this.
Brat
I bet it was a brat who did this.
Jokes aside, glad no one was hurt. I hope the guy was insured so he can get back on his feet quick with a new cart.
Collins Dictionary named
Collins Dictionary named “Bratwurst” as name of the year (for some reason) if I got that right.
Must have thought it was a
Must have thought it was a mail-in ballot drop box.
ZING
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I walk there everyday and
I walk there everyday and never see carts on fire.
Lol!
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Oh man, that's the wurst.
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Who?
Ignatius J. Reilly seen fleeing from the scene . . .
Finally we see hot dog stands
for the true menace they are! If only we'd listened to that one 311 complaint.
(Seriously though, I hope the owner had insurance and that they come out of this OK.)
Insurance on a hot dog cart?
Do these guys actually insure them?
Asks a guy who cannot walk by a hot dog stand...
Yes
I mean they should be insured. Esp for things like this. We don't know what happened yet but if it is not malicious (i.e. tampering), it could be something like faulty burner or something to do with the propane tank connection. You'd want insurance for that so you could rebuild.
You'd also want liability insurance in case you sold a hot dog that had listeria or something in it. Or some child accidently stuck his hand on the grill and burned themselves.
I'd be surprised if the owner did not have insurance. Lots can go wrong and insurance helps you rebuild your business faster (and protect yourself from some liability if someone gets hurt)
(I also think it may be required for a city permit to operate one of these too)
Now of course, some people let their insurance lapse because it adds to the cost of running a business (esp one like this that has a narrow profit margin).
Are hot dog carts generally
Are hot dog carts generally individually owned by the guy selling the hot dogs? Or is there an underground Boston hot dog king who controls them all?
Liability insurance would probably be separate, though.
I actually don't know how likely it is that this person had damage/loss insurance on their cart. Taking a look online, it seems a new cart might cost $4,000+. Seems like something worth insuring, although people make their own risk decisions and... sometimes make those decisions in very different ways than I would.
I guess what I really meant was "I hope they can afford another one".
There's money in the hot dog cart...
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Always.
Always.
most likely a propane leak
If you can smell it, immediately shut it off at the tank.
Yikes! How?
Yikes! How?
Dem dawgs are HAWWWT
Dem dawgs are HAWWWT
Bingo!
Bet I'm the only one who had Flaming Hot Dog Cart on my Bingo card.