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Corvette catches on fire during burnout contest
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is this a warning to not waste it doing stoopid contests?
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01-18-2011, 11:26 AM
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Wow, it is amazing to see it keep burning with all that water blasted on it.
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thought the fireman would know - water doesn't work on a gas / oil fuel fire
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turns out water is not that effective on a gas/oil/nitrous/fiberglass fire. Who'd a thunk it?
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Why waste the water? Let it burn itself out.
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I was 5 or 6 and went to the beach with my mom and a family friend when we saw a vette slowly melting/burning on the side of the road. Thinking back now and viewing the mental picture that I have, the car was parked on the side of the road in FL in the tall dry grass. I suspect what happened was the guy parked and the hot exhaust ignited the dry grass under the car. The thing couldn't have been more than 7 or 8 years old because that body style had only been around that long. Ats having a bad day.
Based on my experience in retail and at auto parts stores in FL specifically, if you don't have the right kind of fire extinguisher, you may as well just spit or piss on a car fire. I've seen several class A fire extinguishers emptied on various car fires, even really small ones, and they didn't put a dent in the fires. Any thoughts about what caused the fire in the video? I'm guessing a fuel leak somewhere.
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Nobody thought to bring marshmallows...disappointing.
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Firefighters should have had AFFF ready in the line, or at least the capability to pump AFFF through the line...
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Edit. on second look, I noticed a lot of smoke coming from under the engine, maybe more than the tires were producing.
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I assume he won the contest.
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Yep, AFFF (aqueous film forming foam) would have worked!
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The guy with the hose has no clue about what kind of fire it is. Go figure. Darwin Might be like a lot of our fireman in our town.
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A green sports cars deserves a good roasting.
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That'll buff out...
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haha it does kinda look like a roasted jalapeno ....
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is that covered by insurance?
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wonder what the trophy's like?
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the stable a few years ago
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