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Originally Posted by crustychief
I am glad everyone made it out ok. It is a shame to lose such a treasure.
Just saw the video, why were the firemen just watching it burn? or were they using the new fire-putting-out-cameras?
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Spraying it with water simply will make the fire spread even farther. It takes special chemicals to put out a fire from aviation fuel. This is not something the average fire department would just have around. (I mean, who stores several hundred gallons of gasoline in their house???)
Their primary purpose in showing up, was probably just to make sure it didn't spread around and catch other things on fire. There wasn't much they could do for the plane. Just a guess, I'm not local.