A tad bit, come on you are never supposed to use accelerants at training fires. I give all my brothers and sisters respect but when it comes to complete stupidity there is no excuse. Hell they could have killed the whole bunch that was there. Totally uncalled for.
Wish I had 20/20 vision so I could participate in firefighting. I want to be part of some sort of 911 service (aka PD/FF/Medical) but I'm nearsighted so I don't know if I can make any of these jobs.
i would talk with your local fd, but i know many people who are firefighters and/or emts that are near and/or farsighted and wear glasses and so forth, my self included. but if your vision in easily corrected with glasses/contacts and you can fit an scba mask on with the glasses, i don't see any issue with it. you might not be able for a paid department, but try a local volunteer or a paid departments reserve corps.
My chemistry teacher showed me this today and he said it would have been caused by the accelerant sitting to long in the house and the fumes built up and once the igniter hit the fumes it ignited.
@blazerx900 No, he was luckily unharmed for the most part. He did end up heading to the hospital for minor injuries. My brother's and father's company were one of the companies that responded to this call after it took place. From reports of those who did respond to the tones in response to the house explosion. For those making fun, do not. Yes, they used a tad bit more than recommended with the accelerant to start the fire, but these people work hard at what they do. They deserve our respect.
the doughnut punchers at AET in Sydney (see "house explosion AET") could learn what a not boring house explosion looks like! here are some saftey tips aet and Ny firies try remote ignition! and stand back about 500 yards. or use the fucken boring narrator as the igniter! actually the house would fall down from Bordem if he did it! so use remote ignition!
hope all you firefighter idiots survived and learnt something before you fucken kill yourselves! stunning cunts.
@ready2rock2 < Guy is almost correct. There was a master gas line feeding a multi-unit property. When the gas company removed the meter for that one unit they reconnected (spliced) the line to continue service to the rest of the property. All the agitation to the old, rusty pipes produced a leak that filled the basement. The only fuel used was wood and straw set up the night before and the fore mentioned meter was also removed the night before.
This house was vacant for several years before this incident occurred. There was a pipe slowly leaking gas for all those years and the fire dept. missed it when doing their size-up. I studied this video and the NIOSH report about this video for the Fire Academy.
@cmcbeam Wrong.... My brother is one of the firefighters in the video. the PROBLEM was that Gasoline and Kerosene were both used, but both were pumped in at different times. The kerosene soaks in but takes a long time to evaporate, the gasoline evaporates quickly... therefor, both of those factors turned the house into a violent explosion. There were a lot of injuries that day, but no deaths, get your facts straight. Thanks...
The house was soaked in all kinds of Flammable Liquids, Gas, Diesel, Oil, Kerosene.. It was soaked 2 days prior to the training day.. This was @ Cranesville Fire Dept. just east of Amsterdam
@MeowKiller00 ok i hily dought that no dept in the country would do that and they dont use acelerants on burn building but i forgot u know everything in the world
@43FIRERESCUE43 < No "fuel" other than Straw and wood were used. What happened was the gas company came out and removed the meter shutting off gas to the house but failed to abandon the lines off the main under the house. Gas from a broken underground line filled the place. The gas company is to blame for not shutting off the gas to the property at the street.
are you guys sure that was a candle and not a stick of dynamite????lol holy crap get that firefighter some toilet paper and some new underwear...also check out my firefighter gets to close video...thanks and awesome video...
@Brian23xxx It was a candle. The reason it exploded is cause they used gasoline in the basement, and it had all evaporated while they were standing around talking. This created a highly explosive atmosphere just waiting for an ignition source.
it was a simple training session and everyone got excited about a live burn and forgot to turn off the gas in the basement, it went throughout the building and boom there is your result, it is everyone responsibility to make sure everything is secure but the IC should have got everything secured WAY before he anyone even thought of lighting the flare.
Any one who blames the chief solely for this is wrong. This was everyones responsibility on the fire ground. We all know fumes ignite, seems that noone allowed for that variable.
im a volunteer in rockland county ny and every training drill has its mishaps most not this bad but what they did was just not smart. they used a mixture of gas, deisel, cam 2 and cam 3 racing fuel, kerosene, propane, and jet fuel. the flare did not even hit the liquid it hit the fumes and caused the house to blow up
Adding to that we do this Job because we love it, we love to help People if we didn't we wouldn't be doing it. We don't expect you to bow down to us, nor kiss or asses. We don't even ask for your respect which is something we hardly get. I see more disrepect here trashing these guys b/c of a freak accident these things happen. Take it as a lesson leave the negative comments to your selves these guys are our brothers this can happen at any moment to anyone of us. Tranining or real deal Stay Safe.
The only issue I have with your comment is minimizing it as an accident, this is common knowledge. Any lawyer associated with the IAFF would have a field day with this. I can't believe no one on the fire ground had minimal experience to know what was going to be the outcome. Just look up vapor point of gasoline.
I have read some of these comments and actually find most of these people ignorant and stupid. Besides those who are firefighters and those who put good insite. Firefighters no matter if they are Volunteer, Part-Time, or Paid all recieve the same amount of Training the only difference is the pay-check and us Volly's do it 24/7. We are not Hero's nor do we see our selves as one. We our just ordinary people who are put into "EXTRAORDINARY" circumstances and act upon them in the best way we kno how
@43FIRERESCUE43 this was part of our training video's obviously learning from others mistakes is always 20/20 but if you understand the definintion of ignorance, you'll understand I was told they used gasoline, no ignorance on my part about what happend
ehh, I am not sure I would go so far to be called a hero. We just happen to be the people trained to minimize existing danger. I don't know what your field of expertise is, but whatever it is, I would never think of walking in and disecting your abilities. This video, is a travesty of justice. At the very least the Chief was responsible for the firegrounds here and anyone hurt. That is just the way it is.
@43FIRERESCUE43 Shut it moron, you don't start practice fires with potentially explosive gas vapors. Sounds like alot of money was wasted on another genious with no common sense. I'm a proffesional union ff and if I saw any of my brethren using gas, I would yell and run the other way. Darwinism at its best
As a firefighter I can say that this was definitly not one of the smartest moves. Most states no longer allow this type of training because of the unpredictability of the structures and in some cases the people conducting the training. I am sure they didn't accomplish their training objectives. But in the end learned a valuable lesson.
Once the flames consumed enough oxygen the rapid explosion of outward forces from the hot gases sent the house into pieces. Had their not been any holes or windows cut out of the building this would have probably been the last drill these firefighters would have gone to. The holes at least cut down on some of the rapid pressure which blew the house apart.
Ok the reason the house exploded: Fire is the rapid oxidation of a chemical or material back to its carbon form. Now with that in mind when you take into account the ridiculous amount of accelerant that was used to saturate the dwelling . Add in the closed building that had some openings cut in it "Thank God" the openings probably saved some lives. Once the Cumbustion started it rapidly took off drawing air quickly through any opening it could. Continued above^
he knew it was comming. at least he put his faceshield down. i dont think it helped. its easy to see who knows whats right by the comments made here.1403 saves lives. FF in WI.
I must say as a volunteer fire chief, i have been involved with plenty of controlled burns. Never did we ever use gasoline. Why? is my question. Where was your training? Did you forget that the vapors from gasoline are explosive? What did you think would happen when you filled a house with gas and then put a flare to it.
One thing I can say, the officers in charge at this are very lucky that no one was killed.
u people need to stfu we are not stupid for your information ok why dnt u lazy ass people get off ur ass;s n try to and do what we do no u wouldnt u would run away like lil pussyus with ur tail between ur legs wat we do is to help people wtf do u no NOT SHYT .. so b4 u stoip hatin on the people who help ..
@missa214 becuase instead of volunteering and giving up from living a normal education based life we should come risk our lives for a tax break? fire fighters are all the same in thinking they are so elite from everybody else. you put yourself in that position so dont act like you are some hero
@robnox The wall of the house landed on one fire fighter, another was hit in the face with debris and suffered a shatter ocular, and another had a shattered femur.
You dumb fucking daddy dick sucker, they used gasoline.. They didn't have fucking gas leaking. Yeah, it was stupid. But you, fuck wit, should get the story straight. Knock knock? Who's there? Go fuck yourself.
Did that explosion really happen b/c of gasoline alone? It seems like the burn / explosion was incredibly rapid. Was it just a ton of gasoline that had ample time to vaporize (due to hot weather or something)?
@youtah676 a bunch of firemarshall bill's here, no friggin way we would ever train like that. We use a pro burn tower and monitor temperatures. Hell the EPA does not even allow us to burn a house for practice anymore. This shit was beyond ignorant
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if ur goan post somethjing in the youtube it better be good. u made me loose mmy time fucking idiot... can some one give me the link to the HD version of this crap
I just watched this on Discovery Channel so I had to google it to add it to reddit.
apparently they prepped the house with fuel for the exercise but then a firetruck broke, so while they fixed it the fumes from the fuel filled the house. When they were ready the house was a bomb.
wow was there a gas leak in the house before he shot that in or was it a propane tank to start it quicker but wow did anyone get hurt that was amazing!!!!!
the house exploded due to vapor buildup from the gasoline. The house was abandoned and donated to the local munincipality for fire department training. The house was cleared of all hazards, except for the instructors lack of knowledge.
No one died, I was there. We had some major injuries but everyone survived. The "fuse" was a flare thrown into the house. As for gas lines, everything was removed from the house, this was a controlled burn used for training many weeks prior to the explosion mistake.
i'm not saying these guys are bad guys or bad firemen hell me and my guys have done stupid stuff too...but rules are in place about this kind of stuff to avoid exactly what happened
is that just like the NFPA saying you can no longer use diesel fuel for practice burns anymore? how in the heck are we supposed to train new firefighters without having them get used to the blinding smoke? the NFPA runs off numbers not off of what is necessary. what is necessary is to make training as safe and real as you can. The NFPA does everything to hinder the realistic end of things.
so what you are telling me is that enough natural gas either migrated through the ground or through the air to fill this structure to the point of being above the LEL without a single one of the firefighters on the scene noticing the odor of a gas leak?!?! of course since they were inside the structure to spread the accelerants throughout the house they didn't notice the smell of the house being completely loaded?!?!
ok so after you make your argument based upon the fact that the gas vapor would have escaped, you never answered my ques about the LPG smell, and i blow your argument apart with the science that you said i should have known in the first place the only thing you have is that "I have done a crap load of practice burns and have followed the guidelines and regulations and have never had this happen to me"? this it won't happen to me attitude is nothing more than a fireman killer
Thats a fireman killer? No I HAVE WATCHED MY FELLOW BROTHERS DIE BECAUSE OF NFPA RESTRICTIONS. the main reason being the NFPA tries to run a company from books and stats rather than real world situations.
the reason that rules like NFPA 1403 exist is because it reactionary to someone getting killed 20 years ago, basically we make rules based upon someone's misfortune in the past, my exact point is that 1403 is there to say hey guys died doing this shit don't do that..then guys like you say hell NFPA is for pussies we don't have to follow those stupid rules just like these guys did and it's a genuine miracle that no one died at this scene that's all im saying we all make mistakes but for god's
lets stop killing ourselves in ways that are within our control...this is 2009 and we shouldn't be killing ourselves in ways that we know have killed guys in the past I understand how important live burn training is I wish my dept would and could do more, but there is a safe way to do it and this video shows us what not to do! firemen are always going to die doing this work...but let's not do it in an avoidable way! we as a service need to stop making dying out to be glorious!
you don't use accelerants when doing burn training. 3 FFs were killed in Minn 10 yrs ago because they used a mix of gas and diesel fuel. As for the gas leak???? WHY WAS THE GAS ON IN THE HOUSE WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO BURN IT??? I have been a vol. for 24 yrs and never did we use anything but straw and wood to train on.
You know, if they simply used lighter fluid as the accelerant instead of highly combustible gasoline, it wouldn't have nearly been as volatile. If somebody died in that explosion, it wouldn't surprise me at all.
they puored gasoline through out the place the day before and they let it soak in.......so that's why you saw the explosion because they poured to much.
I saw this on TV. It wasn't a gas leak, the firefighters poured gas inside the house to start the fire for training, but had a delay b/c one of the engines wasn't working. While they were waiting, the fumes spread through the house and into the basement, so when the dude w/the flare threw it in, the fumes caused the explosion. No one died. THAT was the amazing part.
hi to make this clear ima a firefighter where that happened it wasnt amsterdam fire amsterdam fire is paid it was in a volunteer ditrict we was don trianing and then that happened
Wow! How in the world did that happen? I don't know what they did wrong, but I am sure that they will never do it again. As long as no one was seriously hurt that is all that matters.
rikkrude they didn't mix to many gases. Fire fighters are smarter then you think. What happend was they covered the inside of the house with fuel but ended up letting it sit for over 20 minutes which allowed fumes to buildup inside the house because there was little wind to blow through the house. Its like they always say that gas fumes are more ignitable then the gas its self.
They are very lucky no one got seriously injured in this incident. They should stick to starting from scratch and burning hay and wood. no flammable liquids.
live the guys ?
chinxstarTv 2 weeks ago
is this considered a thermobaric explosion?
grb345 2 weeks ago
I saw this video on tv about a minute ago. Damn that guy is lucky!
BrutalPerrehReloaded 1 month ago
goota love that vapor density rookies
7153austin 1 month ago
I used to be a firefighter, but then I took a house to the face.
Ashkael113 1 month ago
lol.. i was shocked but he should be in a distance.. he didn't expect that it will explode?
lovelplants 2 months ago
World's dumbest video's, "Don't play with fire"... wink ;-)
Rixar13 4 months ago
Was everyone ok?!
arsenal25able 8 months ago
@43FIRERESCUE43 Gas and Kerosene... not deisel.... the mistake was the kerosene.... you never use kerosene in a control burn, but someone did...
estrangdspydr 9 months ago
A tad bit, come on you are never supposed to use accelerants at training fires. I give all my brothers and sisters respect but when it comes to complete stupidity there is no excuse. Hell they could have killed the whole bunch that was there. Totally uncalled for.
sprinklegator 9 months ago
Wish I had 20/20 vision so I could participate in firefighting. I want to be part of some sort of 911 service (aka PD/FF/Medical) but I'm nearsighted so I don't know if I can make any of these jobs.
FunlilPivot 10 months ago
@FunlilPivot
i would talk with your local fd, but i know many people who are firefighters and/or emts that are near and/or farsighted and wear glasses and so forth, my self included. but if your vision in easily corrected with glasses/contacts and you can fit an scba mask on with the glasses, i don't see any issue with it. you might not be able for a paid department, but try a local volunteer or a paid departments reserve corps.
tkddude06 10 months ago
Your too close man, Your Too CLOSE, HOLY SHIT!!! .......
AlexiSundukov 11 months ago
poor kid..
grb345 11 months ago
as if they couldnt smell the gas in the air. there must've been heaps.
AussieDubstep 11 months ago
My chemistry teacher showed me this today and he said it would have been caused by the accelerant sitting to long in the house and the fumes built up and once the igniter hit the fumes it ignited.
Durrant22 11 months ago
nice and thumbs up
Urpoliitikko 1 year ago
Never use a accelerant during a training fire
bdavis148 1 year ago
This is why you don't use accelerants during a training fire.
AdamIowa89 1 year ago
what happend to the guy that threw a stick at the house? did he blow up?
blazerx900 1 year ago
@blazerx900 No, he was luckily unharmed for the most part. He did end up heading to the hospital for minor injuries. My brother's and father's company were one of the companies that responded to this call after it took place. From reports of those who did respond to the tones in response to the house explosion. For those making fun, do not. Yes, they used a tad bit more than recommended with the accelerant to start the fire, but these people work hard at what they do. They deserve our respect.
erusknai 1 year ago 12
i dont know honey.. when i left the house was ok... and now its just gone! it must take an idiot to make a house dissapear like this.
drummaboi93 1 year ago
I really hope those guys were ok.
But on a lighter note, it would have been funny if someone dubbed a redneck saying "Hey Billy! Watch this right here!"
cheesegoat824 1 year ago
said redneck "here hold my beer for me"
HASSON1911 1 year ago
R.I.P in honor magit.
elmorado04 1 year ago
did he died?
sunflash2140 1 year ago
@sunflash2140 Great grammar.
AdamIowa89 1 year ago
@AdamIowa89 it was a joke....
sunflash2140 1 year ago
@sunflash2140 Perfect situation for it, right?
AdamIowa89 1 year ago
the doughnut punchers at AET in Sydney (see "house explosion AET") could learn what a not boring house explosion looks like! here are some saftey tips aet and Ny firies try remote ignition! and stand back about 500 yards. or use the fucken boring narrator as the igniter! actually the house would fall down from Bordem if he did it! so use remote ignition!
hope all you firefighter idiots survived and learnt something before you fucken kill yourselves! stunning cunts.
bigtopbollocks 1 year ago
Training just turned into an actual event.
garf1eld029 1 year ago
shit, did that firefighter live?
63falcondude 1 year ago
@ready2rock2 < Guy is almost correct. There was a master gas line feeding a multi-unit property. When the gas company removed the meter for that one unit they reconnected (spliced) the line to continue service to the rest of the property. All the agitation to the old, rusty pipes produced a leak that filled the basement. The only fuel used was wood and straw set up the night before and the fore mentioned meter was also removed the night before.
tubesteakdynamo 1 year ago
@43FIRERESCUE43 < How do you know I'm wrong? Have YOU spoke to people actually in this video? I have. There was no gasoline.
tubesteakdynamo 1 year ago
lol what f*cking idiots XD
sephere07 1 year ago
we watch this video in osha training, the guy that throws the flair obviosly dies..crazy why would you get that close?!?
sociopathicsolja 1 year ago
i know everybody writes this question under every video but this time i really want to know: did he died?
RhinOzerOz69 1 year ago
1:56 replay 1000 times LMFAO
equinestar12 1 year ago
This house was vacant for several years before this incident occurred. There was a pipe slowly leaking gas for all those years and the fire dept. missed it when doing their size-up. I studied this video and the NIOSH report about this video for the Fire Academy.
cmcbeam 1 year ago
@cmcbeam Wrong.... My brother is one of the firefighters in the video. the PROBLEM was that Gasoline and Kerosene were both used, but both were pumped in at different times. The kerosene soaks in but takes a long time to evaporate, the gasoline evaporates quickly... therefor, both of those factors turned the house into a violent explosion. There were a lot of injuries that day, but no deaths, get your facts straight. Thanks...
estrangdspydr 9 months ago
( Highly ) & ( Doubt ) ..
And yes they did, I uncle was an asst. chief of the department, just not there that day..
.. Remember this was in 1988..
MeowKiller00 1 year ago
The house was soaked in all kinds of Flammable Liquids, Gas, Diesel, Oil, Kerosene.. It was soaked 2 days prior to the training day.. This was @ Cranesville Fire Dept. just east of Amsterdam
MeowKiller00 1 year ago
@MeowKiller00 ok i hily dought that no dept in the country would do that and they dont use acelerants on burn building but i forgot u know everything in the world
nyfdRIP 1 year ago
@nyfdRIP He is right, except that it was only kerosene and gas..... used at 2 different times, and yes they do use those things on burn buildings....
estrangdspydr 9 months ago
Did all of the men around it get injured or something, because the second he threw it, everything just turned red and gray.
sxouxz21 1 year ago
@sxouxz21 there were injuries yes, no one died, a couple broken legs and a shattered occular were the worst of the injuries.
estrangdspydr 9 months ago
i seen this on most shocking they said there was a gas leek or something
kawasakikx250ff 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
thick as shit
Kosmoski99 1 year ago
"comon guys lets stand around , talk for a bit and let the fumes spread all around. This is gonna be awesome!!!"
CFDChris237 1 year ago
"......And that's how you do not start a fire excercise"
kittyburger000 1 year ago
@43FIRERESCUE43 < No "fuel" other than Straw and wood were used. What happened was the gas company came out and removed the meter shutting off gas to the house but failed to abandon the lines off the main under the house. Gas from a broken underground line filled the place. The gas company is to blame for not shutting off the gas to the property at the street.
tubesteakdynamo 1 year ago
your an idiot... im not gona argue, i hope ur not a fireman, and y r u bugging out?
phil8422 1 year ago
Holy fukin fukin fukin shiiitt
I was there and I got my dick burned off
TheLittlesmokie 1 year ago
well this is why we dont use houses for our burns in SC... we have burn buildings that were built for that sole purpose.....
theblackprep 1 year ago
lol
jitdelus 1 year ago
holy shit
Whatacrybabygamer 1 year ago
are you guys sure that was a candle and not a stick of dynamite????lol holy crap get that firefighter some toilet paper and some new underwear...also check out my firefighter gets to close video...thanks and awesome video...
Brian23xxx 1 year ago
@Brian23xxx It was a candle. The reason it exploded is cause they used gasoline in the basement, and it had all evaporated while they were standing around talking. This created a highly explosive atmosphere just waiting for an ignition source.
DeltaFoxtrotWhiskey3 1 year ago 10
lmfaoooo is this real??
kopwner 1 year ago
it was a simple training session and everyone got excited about a live burn and forgot to turn off the gas in the basement, it went throughout the building and boom there is your result, it is everyone responsibility to make sure everything is secure but the IC should have got everything secured WAY before he anyone even thought of lighting the flare.
ragonbrown 1 year ago
@ragonbrown There was no gas leak, it is called a mix of kerosene and gas.... makes a big bang when it sits overnight...
estrangdspydr 9 months ago
holy shit! is that guy alright??
ragebowhunter93 1 year ago
Any one who blames the chief solely for this is wrong. This was everyones responsibility on the fire ground. We all know fumes ignite, seems that noone allowed for that variable.
tckojac77 1 year ago
Someone told me that there was a gas leak in the house, it was never secured.
boo75boo 1 year ago
holy shit is all i can say
apvikings84 1 year ago
HOLY HOUSE BLOWING UP.. Can you say duhh......
boo75boo 1 year ago
holy... fuck...
marcusfenixcoolio 1 year ago
damn...
RoyMach1ne 1 year ago
im a volunteer in rockland county ny and every training drill has its mishaps most not this bad but what they did was just not smart. they used a mixture of gas, deisel, cam 2 and cam 3 racing fuel, kerosene, propane, and jet fuel. the flare did not even hit the liquid it hit the fumes and caused the house to blow up
davanilladutchmaster 1 year ago
Adding to that we do this Job because we love it, we love to help People if we didn't we wouldn't be doing it. We don't expect you to bow down to us, nor kiss or asses. We don't even ask for your respect which is something we hardly get. I see more disrepect here trashing these guys b/c of a freak accident these things happen. Take it as a lesson leave the negative comments to your selves these guys are our brothers this can happen at any moment to anyone of us. Tranining or real deal Stay Safe.
ladder10312 1 year ago
The only issue I have with your comment is minimizing it as an accident, this is common knowledge. Any lawyer associated with the IAFF would have a field day with this. I can't believe no one on the fire ground had minimal experience to know what was going to be the outcome. Just look up vapor point of gasoline.
redhot916spd 1 year ago
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ladder10312 1 year ago
I have read some of these comments and actually find most of these people ignorant and stupid. Besides those who are firefighters and those who put good insite. Firefighters no matter if they are Volunteer, Part-Time, or Paid all recieve the same amount of Training the only difference is the pay-check and us Volly's do it 24/7. We are not Hero's nor do we see our selves as one. We our just ordinary people who are put into "EXTRAORDINARY" circumstances and act upon them in the best way we kno how
ladder10312 1 year ago
O M G
thats sad i wouldnt want my house on fire
AnaCutie333 1 year ago
it was a drill, no one owned this house.. and whats sad isnt tat it blew up, wats sad is these firemen were hurt
phil8422 1 year ago
@phil8422 NO THEY WENRT
killernight56 1 year ago
@killernight56 Yes they were, my brother and 2 of my close friends were some of the firefighters involved, so watch your mouth.
estrangdspydr 9 months ago
@43FIRERESCUE43 this was part of our training video's obviously learning from others mistakes is always 20/20 but if you understand the definintion of ignorance, you'll understand I was told they used gasoline, no ignorance on my part about what happend
redhot916spd 1 year ago
@redhot916spd you guys are heroes. :-)
TheRStard 1 year ago
ehh, I am not sure I would go so far to be called a hero. We just happen to be the people trained to minimize existing danger. I don't know what your field of expertise is, but whatever it is, I would never think of walking in and disecting your abilities. This video, is a travesty of justice. At the very least the Chief was responsible for the firegrounds here and anyone hurt. That is just the way it is.
redhot916spd 1 year ago
@43FIRERESCUE43 Shut it moron, you don't start practice fires with potentially explosive gas vapors. Sounds like alot of money was wasted on another genious with no common sense. I'm a proffesional union ff and if I saw any of my brethren using gas, I would yell and run the other way. Darwinism at its best
redhot916spd 1 year ago
As a firefighter I can say that this was definitly not one of the smartest moves. Most states no longer allow this type of training because of the unpredictability of the structures and in some cases the people conducting the training. I am sure they didn't accomplish their training objectives. But in the end learned a valuable lesson.
Ron083 2 years ago
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Ron083 2 years ago
Once the flames consumed enough oxygen the rapid explosion of outward forces from the hot gases sent the house into pieces. Had their not been any holes or windows cut out of the building this would have probably been the last drill these firefighters would have gone to. The holes at least cut down on some of the rapid pressure which blew the house apart.
Ron083 2 years ago
Ok the reason the house exploded: Fire is the rapid oxidation of a chemical or material back to its carbon form. Now with that in mind when you take into account the ridiculous amount of accelerant that was used to saturate the dwelling . Add in the closed building that had some openings cut in it "Thank God" the openings probably saved some lives. Once the Cumbustion started it rapidly took off drawing air quickly through any opening it could. Continued above^
Ron083 2 years ago
he knew it was comming. at least he put his faceshield down. i dont think it helped. its easy to see who knows whats right by the comments made here.1403 saves lives. FF in WI.
backspacecows01 2 years ago
yeah i think these fire fighter are retarted or just wasent thinking
also i think this is the east coast cas california cant have fire fighters this ......
but yeah looks painful
TheBum642TV 2 years ago
......... What??
SpaceAgeDiaper 2 years ago
I must say as a volunteer fire chief, i have been involved with plenty of controlled burns. Never did we ever use gasoline. Why? is my question. Where was your training? Did you forget that the vapors from gasoline are explosive? What did you think would happen when you filled a house with gas and then put a flare to it.
One thing I can say, the officers in charge at this are very lucky that no one was killed.
capt24nfc 2 years ago
u people need to stfu we are not stupid for your information ok why dnt u lazy ass people get off ur ass;s n try to and do what we do no u wouldnt u would run away like lil pussyus with ur tail between ur legs wat we do is to help people wtf do u no NOT SHYT .. so b4 u stoip hatin on the people who help ..
missa214 2 years ago
@missa214 becuase instead of volunteering and giving up from living a normal education based life we should come risk our lives for a tax break? fire fighters are all the same in thinking they are so elite from everybody else. you put yourself in that position so dont act like you are some hero
nggaplz 2 years ago
So what makes a hero?
SpaceAgeDiaper 2 years ago
it looks like the house went mostly.. over him.
so he lived?
robnox 2 years ago
@robnox yes he lived, he is actually their chief today.
mb11881 1 year ago
@robnox The wall of the house landed on one fire fighter, another was hit in the face with debris and suffered a shatter ocular, and another had a shattered femur.
estrangdspydr 9 months ago
bunch of dumb asses
Dthorn912 2 years ago
Even Firefighters are Idiots...Turn off the Gas LOL !
youtah676 2 years ago
You dumb fucking daddy dick sucker, they used gasoline.. They didn't have fucking gas leaking. Yeah, it was stupid. But you, fuck wit, should get the story straight. Knock knock? Who's there? Go fuck yourself.
RES61CUE 2 years ago
@RES61CUE
Did that explosion really happen b/c of gasoline alone? It seems like the burn / explosion was incredibly rapid. Was it just a ton of gasoline that had ample time to vaporize (due to hot weather or something)?
sinisterchihuahua 1 year ago
@youtah676 a bunch of firemarshall bill's here, no friggin way we would ever train like that. We use a pro burn tower and monitor temperatures. Hell the EPA does not even allow us to burn a house for practice anymore. This shit was beyond ignorant
redhot916spd 1 year ago
@youtah676 there was no gas running to the house... no natural gas took place in this explosion...
estrangdspydr 9 months ago
it rock
jrffparrish 2 years ago
holy shit 1:58
alleynes111 2 years ago
finally found a version that isn't overly edited and narrated.
chikotube 2 years ago
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if ur goan post somethjing in the youtube it better be good. u made me loose mmy time fucking idiot... can some one give me the link to the HD version of this crap
TheGoldenBlackTiger 2 years ago
can if you leave it sit there for awhile like i hurd they did...but if they didnt then they must have used other crap
LJFDFF 2 years ago
they used jet fuel for the house
LJFDFF 2 years ago
cant ignite jet fuel like that
boatsnhoes2187 2 years ago
yah they used this for my training this was funny...remarkably no one was killed or injured
LJFDFF 2 years ago
@LJFDFF so a shattered femur, and a couple snapped legs were no injuries?
estrangdspydr 9 months ago
was anyone injured or killed?
Whenindoubtpaddleout 2 years ago
I love the INSTANT cutout after the explosion...jesus christ..
Zlatko2009 2 years ago
did anyone get when the thing exploded
Travis1493 2 years ago
1:58 is amazing lol!
icarusvvs 2 years ago
I just watched this on Discovery Channel so I had to google it to add it to reddit.
apparently they prepped the house with fuel for the exercise but then a firetruck broke, so while they fixed it the fumes from the fuel filled the house. When they were ready the house was a bomb.
JunCTionS 2 years ago
wow was there a gas leak in the house before he shot that in or was it a propane tank to start it quicker but wow did anyone get hurt that was amazing!!!!!
midnitesquirldog 2 years ago
the house exploded due to vapor buildup from the gasoline. The house was abandoned and donated to the local munincipality for fire department training. The house was cleared of all hazards, except for the instructors lack of knowledge.
fireboner3279 2 years ago
took a house to the faace nice one
loinking4iscoming3 2 years ago
how did that go?
CRFallday 2 years ago
That explosion was anything but "controlled".
redrainjedi 2 years ago 5
Guy throwing the flare: "Just toss it in the house?"
Guy standing behind him: "Yeah, just don't hit the grey playdoh looking stu.."
Arcangel917 2 years ago 9
so stupid... tnx God nobody died
b00gy007 2 years ago 2
No one died, I was there. We had some major injuries but everyone survived. The "fuse" was a flare thrown into the house. As for gas lines, everything was removed from the house, this was a controlled burn used for training many weeks prior to the explosion mistake.
medic2191 2 years ago
did he die?
ahosuryoyo 2 years ago
Actually, no, I saw it on Discovery
jotham97 2 years ago
its not a controlled demolition and fuck you 0815tobey fighters are heros
adaml73 2 years ago
No we're not hero's.
Hero's are people that do heroic acts of they're own back.
We get payed, its our job.
You shouldn't expect anything less from our day to day activities
mjr350 2 years ago
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LeSedici 2 years ago
Soooo interesting !
But then what happened to the moron who dropped the fuse (or whatever) and got the explosion blew up right in his face ??
vincent7520 2 years ago
and that was supposed to be a "controlled" demolition
thisisrumorcontrol 2 years ago
Firefighters should know better !
0815tobey 2 years ago 3
so stupid,
lundholmattack 2 years ago 2
It was an inside job... G.W. Bush did it!! LOL.
wrh1333 2 years ago
LOL :D
Lichtenberg 2 years ago
there was a gass leak in the pipe line and they didnt know thsts why it exploded
WMVFDjrFF 2 years ago
what idiots
mertb1973 2 years ago
i'm not saying these guys are bad guys or bad firemen hell me and my guys have done stupid stuff too...but rules are in place about this kind of stuff to avoid exactly what happened
mnjbooth 2 years ago 2
is that just like the NFPA saying you can no longer use diesel fuel for practice burns anymore? how in the heck are we supposed to train new firefighters without having them get used to the blinding smoke? the NFPA runs off numbers not off of what is necessary. what is necessary is to make training as safe and real as you can. The NFPA does everything to hinder the realistic end of things.
ffemt99 2 years ago
so what you are telling me is that enough natural gas either migrated through the ground or through the air to fill this structure to the point of being above the LEL without a single one of the firefighters on the scene noticing the odor of a gas leak?!?! of course since they were inside the structure to spread the accelerants throughout the house they didn't notice the smell of the house being completely loaded?!?!
mnjbooth 2 years ago 2
you are required to have your scba on while using accelerants in any structure do to the toxic fumes.
ffemt99 2 years ago
ok so after you make your argument based upon the fact that the gas vapor would have escaped, you never answered my ques about the LPG smell, and i blow your argument apart with the science that you said i should have known in the first place the only thing you have is that "I have done a crap load of practice burns and have followed the guidelines and regulations and have never had this happen to me"? this it won't happen to me attitude is nothing more than a fireman killer
mnjbooth 2 years ago
Thats a fireman killer? No I HAVE WATCHED MY FELLOW BROTHERS DIE BECAUSE OF NFPA RESTRICTIONS. the main reason being the NFPA tries to run a company from books and stats rather than real world situations.
ffemt99 2 years ago
the reason that rules like NFPA 1403 exist is because it reactionary to someone getting killed 20 years ago, basically we make rules based upon someone's misfortune in the past, my exact point is that 1403 is there to say hey guys died doing this shit don't do that..then guys like you say hell NFPA is for pussies we don't have to follow those stupid rules just like these guys did and it's a genuine miracle that no one died at this scene that's all im saying we all make mistakes but for god's
mnjbooth 2 years ago
lets stop killing ourselves in ways that are within our control...this is 2009 and we shouldn't be killing ourselves in ways that we know have killed guys in the past I understand how important live burn training is I wish my dept would and could do more, but there is a safe way to do it and this video shows us what not to do! firemen are always going to die doing this work...but let's not do it in an avoidable way! we as a service need to stop making dying out to be glorious!
mnjbooth 2 years ago
you don't use accelerants when doing burn training. 3 FFs were killed in Minn 10 yrs ago because they used a mix of gas and diesel fuel. As for the gas leak???? WHY WAS THE GAS ON IN THE HOUSE WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO BURN IT??? I have been a vol. for 24 yrs and never did we use anything but straw and wood to train on.
boog702 2 years ago
Another thing bro. Why would the gas still be on anyway? I agree with you on this one
boog702 2 years ago
im not saying the gas was on to the home. but you still have gas mains running to the house dont ya?
ffemt99 2 years ago
longest "more info i've ever seen" grats!
iamshpongled 2 years ago
I was told today that it was a mixture of diesel fuel and gasoline.
imuaath 2 years ago
hahahahaha just like a cartoon
superdios 2 years ago
well, it burned.
tornadoguy2006 2 years ago
You know, if they simply used lighter fluid as the accelerant instead of highly combustible gasoline, it wouldn't have nearly been as volatile. If somebody died in that explosion, it wouldn't surprise me at all.
hyroglyphx 2 years ago
dam 1:50 till anything happens :S
tombmxcrowley 2 years ago
Prpeare for the worst and expect the best
psp310 2 years ago
i know what happened
they puored gasoline through out the place the day before and they let it soak in.......so that's why you saw the explosion because they poured to much.
HandHeld589 2 years ago
I saw this on TV. It wasn't a gas leak, the firefighters poured gas inside the house to start the fire for training, but had a delay b/c one of the engines wasn't working. While they were waiting, the fumes spread through the house and into the basement, so when the dude w/the flare threw it in, the fumes caused the explosion. No one died. THAT was the amazing part.
xandromedagalaxy 2 years ago 4
Oh yeah, make sure to take all that wood off the road now.. LOL! xD
robbertflubber 2 years ago
hi to make this clear ima a firefighter where that happened it wasnt amsterdam fire amsterdam fire is paid it was in a volunteer ditrict we was don trianing and then that happened
fire214 2 years ago
wooooow
252PROOF 2 years ago
Wow! How in the world did that happen? I don't know what they did wrong, but I am sure that they will never do it again. As long as no one was seriously hurt that is all that matters.
1oo8jm 2 years ago
oh crap did they die
ShawnJohnsonLUVR 2 years ago
no they didn't
MeissnerMartin 2 years ago
he's ok though ya? if not take this off.
aBIGFOOTproduction 2 years ago
yes he is ok just a couple big scars very lucky guy.
J0823684 2 years ago
what did he throw in???? a bomb?!?!
brendooboy 2 years ago
rikkrude they didn't mix to many gases. Fire fighters are smarter then you think. What happend was they covered the inside of the house with fuel but ended up letting it sit for over 20 minutes which allowed fumes to buildup inside the house because there was little wind to blow through the house. Its like they always say that gas fumes are more ignitable then the gas its self.
jaswalters 2 years ago
Vollidioten!
ollowar 2 years ago
20 gallons of gas and one burning stick don't go too well together
BamaDan197319 2 years ago
there was a gas leak near the house
ffemt99 2 years ago
no there wasn't they used gas and diesel fuel which of course is strictly prohibited by NFPA
mnjbooth 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
No, not really.
1oo8jm 2 years ago
I have a good house explosion from a volunteer fire department. I'm still trying to figure out how to upload videos on here.
BamaDan197319 2 years ago
go yo the yellow button on the top right corner
phil8422 2 years ago
holy fucking shitcock did everyone make it out ok
corvettez0910 2 years ago
DAMN!
FireFighter8865 2 years ago
yea they fucked up, mixed too many gasses and formed a mixture that would blow.
rikkrude 2 years ago
woops :O
candvlawn 2 years ago
They are very lucky no one got seriously injured in this incident. They should stick to starting from scratch and burning hay and wood. no flammable liquids.
mhfdprobie 2 years ago
fuck you
motherscum 2 years ago
nice jackass!!!!
elmasalto 2 years ago