Happens to us all. I was in the same shoes last fall. I preach and preach at every single show for drivers to be save with cutting tools (i.e. creating fires). Using a torch to cut a mangeled front fender off a buddies race car. The car is parked in a gravel driveway covered in dead leaves. It all made since when I felt something hot. Leaves caught fire, then the end of my fraied blue jeans were next. So now I have a pair of yard pants that have 1 leg 2 inches shorter than the other. Sad thing is we rolled the car outside to keep sparks off the wood walls.