Fire realized in LSU (Baton Rouge, LA). 970 sq.ft. 400 gal of Diesel. Pre-burn Time: 1 minute. 1 Hose line (1 3/4 inches). Extinguished with the One Seven Class B Foam (0.5% proportioning rate) from a Gimaex Rear Mount Pumper.
This fire would not have gone out with water. That is why they used foam. This is a class b fire because it is a flammable liquid. You need to stop the vapors from burning and water will not do that on its own. Try lighting a small kitchen pan full of gasoline or diesel in a parking lot and try to put it out with a water can. Let me know what happens lol
waste if diesel....
weedissafer 1 month ago
@2URBO2 Don't even start it.
Pilot135R 3 months ago
NOW THATS A BONFIRE!
Caterpillar9868 1 year ago 2
Wow, this is environmental friendly!
2URBO2 1 year ago
OMG thats like a flaming tornado aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!
147darkstar 2 years ago
We just did a 500 gallon diesel burn today but ours was in a burn trey. gets hot up close
Marineinftry 2 years ago
holy crap
aleinlegs 2 years ago
Expensive?
May be, but using not more than 0.6 % can not generate a lot of costs.
Water consuming is max 40 gallons/minute, they took less than 100 seconds!
Imagine 60 gallons of water consumed makes 0.36 gallons of foam concentrate.
Will you any more discuss the price of this action?
GK0107 3 years ago
ATF foam is the best you can get... It's used in airports. But it's not cheap...
Rimouski418 3 years ago
This fire would not have gone out with water. That is why they used foam. This is a class b fire because it is a flammable liquid. You need to stop the vapors from burning and water will not do that on its own. Try lighting a small kitchen pan full of gasoline or diesel in a parking lot and try to put it out with a water can. Let me know what happens lol
conboy41 3 years ago