I just saved a guys car.....

brettw22
brettw22 Posts: 7,623
edited April 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
I was going out to get some stuff out of my car and looked across the parking lot to see the hood up on a neighbors car.....smelled a bit of a burn, but just saw some smoke......few seconds later and there were flames shooting up along the firewall....

Ran inside and got a fire extinguisher and gave it to him then started filling mixing bowls up with water.....lucky **** just about lost his whole car.......

I just had one of those little kitchen size extinguishers, but now I can see that I should get a bigger one just in case.....better safe than sorry...
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited February 2006
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited February 2006
    Wow. Good on ya!
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited February 2006
    Nice job. Hope you received a BIG thank you.
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,623
    edited February 2006
    Cookie's aren't on the diet any more......(2 days strong here........lol)

    I just remember seeing a vid here once where a car went up in a matter of minutes.....i figured it'd be a bit insulting to go and grab a camera and start taking pics...
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited February 2006
    Was it a Ford?
    More later,
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,623
    edited February 2006
    Saturn coupe with quite a bit of mods done to it (thus the fire I presume)........
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited February 2006
    You poured water on it? :eek:
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,623
    edited February 2006
    Hell no......i went out there with the water and handed it to him.....told him it's your car, you pour it.....I wasn't outside when he emptied the extinguisher
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited February 2006
    Big mistake. Never pour water on an oil or gas fire. Same in the kitchen, car, garage etc. If it mixes with the combustible material it will run wherever the water goes. It is likely to get exciting within seconds, especially as it runs under your feet. Better to just sit back and enjoy the fire. Just an FYI if you didn't know.
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,623
    edited February 2006
    Makes sense.......the majority of it was all out with the extinguisher......the hood liner was smothering, and that took most of the water with a little bit on the engine.........

    I was thining baking powder/soda, but didn't think i had enough of that to do much to the flames........
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited February 2006
    Too bad it wasn't a Ford...
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited February 2006
    you hate to see a car burn like that.. but that's what insurance is for i guess. with the hood up.. i assume he was tinkering with it?
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  • Schris22
    Schris22 Posts: 983
    edited February 2006
    well must have been exciting.

    Good job

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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited February 2006
    Good point about using water to put it out. I had never thought about that.
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