Burnville Pistol Range - On Fire?

View · by **shadeslanding** on Tue Jul 31, 2012 8:55 pm

Photo of the fire scene when I arrived.

: BV Pistol fire - Ladder and crew

View · by **TH3180** on Tue Jul 31, 2012 8:58 pm

I would consider BPR my home range living 10 minutes away. Hell in the winter I stop in there at least once a week. Fire is what closed down the range at Dakota Fitness. I hope that's not the case here.

View · by **DeanC** on Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:06 pm

That really sucks

View · by **lenny7** on Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:07 pm

T.P.F.K.A.M wrote:That blows, now i have to spend double the money to go shoot at bills

At this point I'd be more concerned about Roger and Sue's livelihood than about a little personal inconvenience.

View · by **Stradawhovious** on Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:08 pm

Shame.

Hope it's not too bad.

View · by **MrVvrroomm** on Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:09 pm

I stopped in today on my way to work. I don't even know what to say.

View · by **lenny7** on Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:13 pm

TH3180 wrote:I would consider BPR my home range living 10 minutes away. Hell in the winter I stop in there at least once a week. Fire is what closed down the range at Dakota Fitness. I hope that's not the case here.

At Dakotah Sport & Fitness, the fire was just a convenient excuse to close it down. There were council members who had been wanting to close it down because of the 'message' it was giving the public and they jumped on the opportunity to close it. At least that's the story I got from a well placed source.

View · by **jshuberg** on Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:18 pm

Fire also closed the Maplewood/Hennepin county police range. I heard through the grapevine that toxic smoke, along with lead from the backstop contaminated the entire structure. A tracer round was the unofficial culprit.

View · by **ktech** on Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:19 pm

Yikes - I hope for everybody's sake (especially Roger and Sue's) they get back up and running swiftly.

View · by **yuppiejr** on Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:33 pm

Sorry to hear the news but glad there were no injuries <or worse> involved. Hopefully the repairs and reopening are taken care of in short order so they can get back to business as usual!

View · by **lenny7** on Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:36 pm

While it was smokey in the area, I didn't notice any soot fallout. I live just a couple blocks away and the smell of the smoke was no very strong at all.

View · by **jshuberg** on Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:44 pm

If the backstop were on fire it would be a class Bravo, with dense heavy black smoke. From the photos posted earlier in the thread the smoke appears to be dark gray, indicating a class Alpha fire. It doesn't appear the backstop was burning, at least at the time the photo was taken.

View · by **xd ED** on Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:53 pm

I did a quick google search earlier, and found another local outdoor forum with a post from an employee of a nearby business. There were reports of flames from the venting stack, which could mean an air handling equipment fire. Although there is a report posted on the Star Trib that it was in fact backstop material burning.
That's a pretty stout structure, and not too vulnerable to water damage, but the smoke damage inside could be severe if it was burning rubber.
Like everyone, I wish Roger and Sue the best for a quick recovery.

View · by **mn4wheeler** on Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:20 pm

damn, this really sucks, hope nobody was injured. Hope they can get back up and running soon. I had plans to shoot there tomorrow, guess I will find another place to go.

View · by **adoptedson** on Tue Jul 31, 2012 11:28 pm

Hate to hear this. I've been there once and had a nice experience. I really hope they can be back providing their services soon. Glad to hear there wasn't any injuries.

Not a good week with this fire and DKMags getting robbed.