08.03.11 - Car Fire; Whitehall, PA
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Uploaded by newsworking on Aug 3, 2011
Whitehall Engines 2,11, 12 and Rescue 8 respond to a Mercedes-Benz on fire. Chief 16 (Benner) arrives and finds the car well-involved.
The Ethanol-laced gasoline that the Mercedes-Benz was filled with posed a problem for the firefighters. 3 lines were used and one was equipped with a ProPak. It took a few extra minutes to get the fire extinguished.
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@firefighterdjk I'm not trying to be rude, but you haven't seen many magnesium fires, have you? Large amounts of thick, white smoke, and it looks like an electrical arc when you hit it with water.
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@fiercyrabbit Actually, extinction is the complete die off of a species of life. You are completely wrong in your entire post. Maybe you should go back to second grade and learn how to spell and use words in the proper context before you try to explain how to EXTINGUISH a fire.
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It's not magnesium, if it was magnesium you would see an explosion right when water hits it.
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This is a fuel delivery pump fed fire, not magnesium.
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The car wouldn't go out because this was a magnesium fire. It had nothing to do with ethanol vs. gasoline or an inadequate understanding of "extinction". Some cars have magnesium parts that burn very hot and can't be extinguished with water. Applying water actually makes the fire bigger. The only way to put a magnesium fire out is with class D powder or by burying it in sand. Otherwise, you just have to let it burn until the fuel runs out.
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you make amazing cars lol
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@mcrking35 what is wrong with us germans?
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marshmallows any one?
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man that brings back the good times of being a firefighter
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9caplad 6 months ago 3
You can see the fire floating above the water and moving, this tells us is a hydrocarbon (immiscible with water), probably gasoline. The problem is very much spillage, the car's fuel tank was full sure. When there is much gasoline spill is very difficult to extinguish with water. The extinguishing medium is foam.(medium-expansion) .
puntaLanza 5 months ago