Furnace surprise!

[flyerone]

I took the return air vent for the furnace off just to look around and clean up a little. My return air is right next to the furnace, when I look inside I found a folded up paper grocery bag on top of the furnace. This is a 2006 Mountaineer so it has been there awhile, it scared me thinking of how many times we have run the heater. We even lived in the trailer for about 6 months.

[Ozz]

Yikes!!!
It can get to around 180 there.. But, heavy paper ignites around 451 degrees (F.)

[NCFischers]

Farenheit 451. I read that book.

[flyerone]

Thats good to know that it wouldn't ignite, just makes you wonder how and why it was in there.

[WeBeFulltime]

Amish lunch bag?!

[8.1al]

If your furnace is like ours it's fortunate you found that bag, the air inlet on ours is on the top, right where your bag was

[DQDick]

That's scary! Glad you found it in time.