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Bronco Blaze Destroys Garage with Restored 1970 EB and 2024 Raptor

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I saw the smoke from this on Friday. Local man says his Braptor spontaneously combusted and burned the family's garage, taking out the 1970 EB he restored. Thankfully his family, including 5 kids, 2 dogs and 7 puppies are ok.
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Ford Bronco blaze destroys garage; Bozeman family seeks help

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Ouch, I hope he had appropriate coverage for that EB.
 

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Another station wagon bites the dust.
 

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Sad. Was it imitating the Jeeps?
 

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Anyone think, "after action reports" or Fire /Arson reports will ever be made public to determine cause of this vehicle fire? 2nd Bronc Rap fire documented on B6G lately. What's going on?
 

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Ouch, I hope he had appropriate coverage for that EB.
Said he didn't have insurance yet for the house.
I don't think you could ever be made whole after a loss like that
 

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That totally sucks but, I am glad everyone got out unharmed.

The lack of insurance would seem to indicate that he didn’t have a mortgage (because he wouldn’t be able to get a loan without proof thereof) - hopefully, along with donations, he can rebuild.
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