Im a fire fighter myself and its call a water sheet used to contain heat and cool down the fire to make it easier for an interior attack to do good fast to keep fire fighters safe.
Its a smart incident commander who realizes that to put the building out would cause an expensive environmental runoff issue especially if the building contained pesticides fertilizers and other agri chemicals. Let it burn, protect exposures, knock down burning brands, protect your people and the public. Nice job.
At the time they were trying to prevent the fire from spreading to the nearby buildings, or to the tank cars, keeping them cool so they wouldn't explode.
its called a controlled burn, the building prob can't be saved is prob a total loss, so they'll switch gears to save the surrounding area from catching fire.
oh they'll keep on spraying water on it to keep it conrolled
which makes me wonder why people stick around and video things like this when there is a chance that something will blow... especially something as dangerous as flamable as denatured ethanol...
our grain elevator burnt down yesterday and no one was evacuated, they should have been though because there were explosives in the building next door.
Im a fire fighter myself and its call a water sheet used to contain heat and cool down the fire to make it easier for an interior attack to do good fast to keep fire fighters safe.
gdean15 9 months ago
Its a smart incident commander who realizes that to put the building out would cause an expensive environmental runoff issue especially if the building contained pesticides fertilizers and other agri chemicals. Let it burn, protect exposures, knock down burning brands, protect your people and the public. Nice job.
toxickavenger 1 year ago
I rember that! My friends were calling me like crazy because they didn't know where I was haha!
spursrider56 2 years ago
I know this is a crazy concept, but trying spraying the fire instead of the smoke above it........Fire fighting 101....
rmls34 3 years ago
At the time they were trying to prevent the fire from spreading to the nearby buildings, or to the tank cars, keeping them cool so they wouldn't explode.
jvmrra 3 years ago
Yea but they are spraying the water on the wrong side. They should be spraying back by the tank cars!
scfd5232 2 years ago
its called a controlled burn, the building prob can't be saved is prob a total loss, so they'll switch gears to save the surrounding area from catching fire.
oh they'll keep on spraying water on it to keep it conrolled
DigitalEagleInc 2 years ago
it's called a defensive stand..or surround and drown
dustystix76 2 years ago
@rmls34 it is called a water curtian and is used to help keep fire from spreading.
daveb598 1 year ago
which makes me wonder why people stick around and video things like this when there is a chance that something will blow... especially something as dangerous as flamable as denatured ethanol...
chellemj 3 years ago
our grain elevator burnt down yesterday and no one was evacuated, they should have been though because there were explosives in the building next door.
XoJasperoX 3 years ago
they had to evacuate b/c there was an ethanol rail car right next to the fire...
chellemj 3 years ago