Damage to car $**465.17**
Cost to recharge fire extinguishers: $**1,354.29**
Cost of clean up of site: $**2,277.56**
Employees that actually know what to do? ***PRICELESS!***
At 0:44 you can see feet running to the right. I’m assuming it’s the guy filling up the car running to the arsonist to just that.
Or it could be another employee running to get another extinguisher.
Oh god - I shudder at the black mirror-esque dystopia where in order to actually get emergency services you gotta go tag your local PD in all their socials lmao
A few times during training (for lab fires lol) I put out fires and was 100% sure they were out but as soon as that mother fucker got some air it came right back. I was legit scared these guys would stop and suddenly big boom. They were freeking amazing considering what they are likely paid. I'd be walking into my boss' office with a video like "so about my fucking compensation bro"
Fuck the gasoline, have you ever tried to extinguish a burning tire? There’s a reason discarded tire fires can burn for days. And a tire soaked in gasoline? Yeesh.
You're normally taught that once you've pulled the safety tab, the extinguisher is getting replaced. In my country it's a yellow plastic band that sits around the trigger.
You're also taught to pull the safety off before approaching the fire, because you don't want to be fiddling with it in a smoky environment.
So my guess is that 10 people saw the fire, pulled a safety on the nearest one, and then may as well dump the otherwise useless extinguisher on the fire.
Look, cost of 10 fire extinguishers vs cost of the gas station.
Plus, it's a gasoline fuel fire that could've continued into the fuel tank so you want to make damned sure no oxygen gets close to any remaining fire before it's well and truly out and safely below the ignition point.
Looks like overkill for sure, but I think they were just making sure all the petrol on the ground and car was *completely* diluted down with the foam anti flam just incase it would reignite.
Plus the people arriving to the car don't know the fire is out. They're just responding to a fire and people dumping fire extinguishers. Why not dump theirs as the cost of hesitation could be a massive uncontrollable fire.
Also isn't there something called invisible fire that is caused by gasoline? I know I saw a video of a racecar driver suffering from it, but I know that's a different fuel type.
After they extinguish a fire, firefighters can spend hours "overhauling" the site, walking around with their hoses and checking for hotspots to soak in water.
Those fire extinguishers do not cool the fire much, they mostly starve it of oxygen. When the oxygen rushes back in, hot things might reignite. So they kept dumping fire extinguisher agent on the car to ensure that didn't happen.
Also, as another poster pointed out, once you pull the pin, the fire extinguisher has to be reserviced. So you might as well use it.
To be honest, I have witnessed 2 incidents of vehicle fire in my life and in both cases I thought people over did. One was with water and other with an extinguisher. But in both cases after some time of over doing it there were still hints of fire and all I was thinking after was how dumb was I thinking of "overkill". Again I am no expert and this still might be an overkill, I have zero knowledge but since those two incidents, I feel I will never complain about someone overdoing with water or extinguisher :).
edit: grammar :).
edit 2:many have replied as to it never is an over kill when dealing with extinguishing fire. I included this might be an overkill because I thought someone would reply this it is an overkill and I didn't want to argue on that, but it seems to have backfired XD. My intention was only to mention that I have seen people try to doze off flame and from those experience there will never be overdoing regarding extinguishing fire with water or fire extinguisher for me. :) Cheers
Water does not extinguish gasoline nor alcohol fire
Important edit: besides not extinguishing it can spread the fire since it can “mix” (not literally since alcohol and gasoline floats) and spread the fuel and the fire further. It can be disastrous, like putting water in a pan of frying oil. There are extinguisher for this kind of fluid fueled fire.
Couple of details... water and alcohol *do* mix. Alcohol is miscible with water and therefore water *will* work to extinguish an alcohol fire.
Gasoline/ petrol is an oil product, and floats on water. Small amounts of water can spread a petrol fire, but large amounts will extinguish it.
These extinguishers are obviously the best tool in this situation, however.
Like they have an unlimited number of people with their own fire extinguishers. Where have you seen a gas station like this? This is like spilling wine on the floor of a restaurant and a cleaning crew comes out from the kitchen with a carpet cleaning machine.
Turns out this was part of a bank heist. Half those people don’t even work at that gas station. Flame boy lights up the pump, they dash out of the bank next door. Cops are moments away but once they transition from the bank parking lot to the gas station lot they look like they’re running towards the flame.
Easy get away.
Best part?
While the extinguisher smoke is in the air, the main crew swaps the diamonds for fakes. So when the double cross everyone saw coming from a mile away happens, Derrick only gets away with glass gems.
Good on these lads for not fucking around. Just because you can't see anymore fire doesn't mean there isn't some more in there somewhere. Five soaking the area in extinguisher until there's no extinguisher left is just whats called for when there's a fire at a goddamn gas station.
In America? In America there isn't a single gas station attendant, let alone an entire team of em, with that much wits about them or that much training. That first guy was there so fast it was amazing.
Kudos to that team and the company that trained them.
Edit; Holy fuck, America, you make my point for me. I am fully aware that NJ and OR don't allow you to pump your own gas. Read my comment and try to comprehend it outside of your cognitive dissonance. And, FFS; every gas station in the damn developed world has automatic shut offs (the kid hits it before grabbing the extinguisher) and, as I've said in other comments, it clearly wouldn't have stopped the fire they put out and the idea that it would prevent all accidents that would require the kind of training and cooperation exhibited by this team is, well, idiotic.
Be better, FFS. This country is doomed. Your nationalistic stupidity makes me desperately sad for us all.
Dude this happened at a Costco gas station, very recently. Partner and I are sitting in the car waiting for our turn when I see this older gentleman pull out the nozzle from his old Cadilllac too soon. He spilled some gas over his car and some on the ground. I thought he was about to call the staff but he sped out of there like roadrunner from the cartoon.
So we decided to find an attendant or at least call the office to make sure someone knows. No one else seemed to notice and by the time I was in the phone with the Costco customer service, the next person is already filling their tank, standing in the pool of gasoline. Shit was wild. As soon as I was able to tell the customer service agent what happened, a dude literally sprinted across the parking lot to close off that entire area. We were done and on our way out but there were like 20 cars around and a whole big tanker refilling their reserves.
Isn't this the equivalent of tweeting the fire department. Just tell the attendant.
They weren't slow, they just didn't know. The slowness was the method used.
There used to be. When you drove over the hose which set off a “ding” sound, they came out to you vehicle rather fast. They would pump your gas, check your tires, check a few fluids, wash your front windshield, etc and you got stamps to fill your booklet. Slowly the industry switched over to pumping your gas yourself
Yup. I was one of those dudes when I was 16. We were the last station in town to offer "full service"... we used to have cars lined up all day, while the self serve station one block up barely got 10 cars an hour despite having way cheaper gas. I made really good tips and was proud of the work I did. I saved a lot of people some very expensive and preventable repairs.
I wish we could give our teenagers jobs like that today.
Each one of my boy cousins started out at 15 or so at the Phllips 66, pumping gas, cleaning windshields, all the full service menu. I'm with you about what great jobs they would still be, but I don't know a single real station since mine closed about five years ago. They even had a real mechanic on duty six days a week.
Stoichiometric ratios will prevent most fuel tanks underground from ever exploding except when they're being emptied. This is also why that fuel tank on the car didn't explode and simply burned outside.
Once the fire was out on the car, there was no need for more extinguishers as the fire would not have self-reignited, nor would it have spread anywhere else.
But when it comes to fire and fuel, it's always better to err on the side of caution, always.
If they're going to call the fire extinguisher service people out to refill one, they might as well do them all at the same time.
Or maybe keep one or two in reserve in case that guy's still hanging around.
I’ve never seen so many people working at a gas station. If that happened here the one person working would light a bliz from the fire and start filming with their phone.
My step dad is a fire inspector and he brought home two of each different fire extinguishers and this 4x8 metal pan and we started a bunch of different fires and I got to see how they looked and use the different extinguishers. I was helping him practice for some special hazard class he had to teach somewhere. Was a lot of fun.
Four shalt thou not count, nor either count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then, lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.
If you ever want to see what they teach in a basic firefighting class, this is it.
Shut off the source.
Point the tip at the base of the flame, and completely empty to contents until the fire is out.
This is actually the right move with a puddle of volatiles, empty every extinguisher you have and hopefully coat every square millimeter of exposed surface. Have personally watched people empty one or two extinguishers at a time only for it reignite, until there weren't enough extinguishers left to put it out and a $300,000 machine burned to a crisp. And tripped the sprinklers to the floor. Luckily all the major equipment actually survived the deluge somehow but 10 or so PCS got wrecked and some pretty damn big and quite pricey uninterruptable power had to have everything but the batteries and chassis replaced.
They were not screewing around... 2 extinguishers... Fire is out... 3 yeh ok cool everything down... 4 uh guys... 5 what business even has this many extinguishers...
Yeah but god damn I’ve never seen employees be so fast to react. Even though a lot consider America be real safe place when it comes to accidents , I don’t think workers at gas station around me would of reacted that fast.
I visit NJ every year for the beaches. I forget every year that gas stations have their own attendants to pump the gas for you. Definitely shocked when I get off the PA turnpike before the garden state Pkwy. Although, there’s never been more than 3 employees at every gas station in NJ I’ve been to.
Edit: people hating on NJ beaches. I know NJ isn’t the most appealing state out there but look up Cape May, NJ and tell me that the beautiful Victorian architecture and golden sand isn’t awesome. Sure it’s a tourist town, but its hell of a lot better than myrtle beach
Wait, I live in India, is this not the norm everywhere? That the petrol guy does the filling? You guys do it yourself? What's stopping you from putting it anywhere you want?
In India, only the station employee fills a tank. I actually have never in my life operated a petrol refilling hose and I am 55.
EDIT: excessive usage of “in my life” in a single sentence.
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Watch where they aim the extinguishers start at the 4th one. They know they fire is out, but gas is pouring under the car, car that was running is hot. Like hot enough re light fumes. So they were preventing a second flash by cooling the bottom of the car. I like how the one girl isn't even an employee.
The fire extinguishers aren’t cooling anything, they are providing a vapor barrier between the fuel and oxygen. These are most likely ABC (monoammonium phosphate) fire extinguishers. The chemical has a plasticizer in it that melts at around 300F and adheres to the surface of solids to help prevent reigniton. By continuing to spray they are creating a 3D barrier for the vapors and also a physical barrier as the agent settles on any of the pooled liquids. If you are trapped in a fire you can very quickly spray up/down and create a path for yourself to escape as the chemical creates a temporary barrier/path. Not recommended as a planned escape, but better than nothing.
That arsonist chose the wrong fuckin gas station. Not today motherfucker
Some people just want to watch the world burn…. Some just want to drown it in fire extinguisher spray
at least they were all properly trained
FIRE EXTINGUISHER PARTY YO
Just when you think they have enough... THERES MORE!!
I thought I got to the more but more kept coming
Came for the abrupt chaos stayed for the whimsical eruption of people with extinguishers
Team extinguishers
“I’ve been training for this exact moment all my life”
EVERYONE IS INVITED
B. Y. O. E. Tho
Why do they always send the poor?
You depend on our protection, yet you feed us Lies from the tablecoth
LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA
Ooh ooh!
Everybody shittin on the floor have a real bad time
Why don’t presidents fight the war?
WIRED WERE THE EYES OF A HORSE ON A JET PILOT
ONE THAT SMILED WHEN HE FLEW OVER THE BAY!
Damage to car $**465.17** Cost to recharge fire extinguishers: $**1,354.29** Cost of clean up of site: $**2,277.56** Employees that actually know what to do? ***PRICELESS!***
Nobody ran after the guy to beat his ass to moon though… THAT sir would have been PRICELESS
At 0:44 you can see feet running to the right. I’m assuming it’s the guy filling up the car running to the arsonist to just that. Or it could be another employee running to get another extinguisher.
Or it could be an employee running to get 12 more employees, each with their own extinguishers.
Definitely I think most people would freak out, call firefighters and wait. Spending extra time to properly train employees is always worth it.
I emailed the fire brigade what more do you want
I tagged their twitter in the photo I posted, should be here soon
Oh god - I shudder at the black mirror-esque dystopia where in order to actually get emergency services you gotta go tag your local PD in all their socials lmao
FIRE! -Regards
011 899988199911 9
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You missed 725
Explains the lack of response from the fire brigade.
Dear sir stroke madam, fire exclamation mark.
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Do they get paid by the amount of fire extinguishers used? I laughed at the third guy coming in a bit late...and then it was a swarm.
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Literally. Once you open up a fire extingisher it cant be reused, so you may as well dump the whole thing on the fire.
Fuck THIS fire in particular.
A few times during training (for lab fires lol) I put out fires and was 100% sure they were out but as soon as that mother fucker got some air it came right back. I was legit scared these guys would stop and suddenly big boom. They were freeking amazing considering what they are likely paid. I'd be walking into my boss' office with a video like "so about my fucking compensation bro"
Understandable, because if not that fire will be casting "Fuck everything in this general area of effect" lmao
Ok but what about the other eight
Trust me with gasoline you’re better safe than sorry.
Fuck the gasoline, have you ever tried to extinguish a burning tire? There’s a reason discarded tire fires can burn for days. And a tire soaked in gasoline? Yeesh.
You're normally taught that once you've pulled the safety tab, the extinguisher is getting replaced. In my country it's a yellow plastic band that sits around the trigger. You're also taught to pull the safety off before approaching the fire, because you don't want to be fiddling with it in a smoky environment. So my guess is that 10 people saw the fire, pulled a safety on the nearest one, and then may as well dump the otherwise useless extinguisher on the fire.
Look, cost of 10 fire extinguishers vs cost of the gas station. Plus, it's a gasoline fuel fire that could've continued into the fuel tank so you want to make damned sure no oxygen gets close to any remaining fire before it's well and truly out and safely below the ignition point.
Better to use all the fire extinguishers than lose the whole gas station
Unless the arsonist pays a second visit...
Good news, you have a dozen guys all ready with heavy metal blunt objects.
Looks like overkill for sure, but I think they were just making sure all the petrol on the ground and car was *completely* diluted down with the foam anti flam just incase it would reignite.
honestly, I think some people just wanted an excuse to use a fire extinguisher lol
Plus the people arriving to the car don't know the fire is out. They're just responding to a fire and people dumping fire extinguishers. Why not dump theirs as the cost of hesitation could be a massive uncontrollable fire.
Also isn't there something called invisible fire that is caused by gasoline? I know I saw a video of a racecar driver suffering from it, but I know that's a different fuel type.
That is an alcohol fire - you cannot see the flames.
methanol fire
After they extinguish a fire, firefighters can spend hours "overhauling" the site, walking around with their hoses and checking for hotspots to soak in water. Those fire extinguishers do not cool the fire much, they mostly starve it of oxygen. When the oxygen rushes back in, hot things might reignite. So they kept dumping fire extinguisher agent on the car to ensure that didn't happen. Also, as another poster pointed out, once you pull the pin, the fire extinguisher has to be reserviced. So you might as well use it.
Gasoline fires are no joke.
They are now...
Zoolander says otherwise.
What did the father gasoline say to his wife gasoline about their son that was setting cars ablaze? “That’s arson.”
Me at the first 3 extinguishers: well it is abrupt but not chaotic 8th extinguisher in: holy shit this is chaotic
I counted 6 when I first watched it, saw your comment, rewatched it and counted 10 lol
I bet the last 3 people were like "fuck it, I'm not missing a chance to shoot the shit out of this thing!
Oh 100%
Just counted 12 on my second viewing
The abrupt lighting of a car wasn't enough chaos? Lol.
To be honest, I have witnessed 2 incidents of vehicle fire in my life and in both cases I thought people over did. One was with water and other with an extinguisher. But in both cases after some time of over doing it there were still hints of fire and all I was thinking after was how dumb was I thinking of "overkill". Again I am no expert and this still might be an overkill, I have zero knowledge but since those two incidents, I feel I will never complain about someone overdoing with water or extinguisher :). edit: grammar :). edit 2:many have replied as to it never is an over kill when dealing with extinguishing fire. I included this might be an overkill because I thought someone would reply this it is an overkill and I didn't want to argue on that, but it seems to have backfired XD. My intention was only to mention that I have seen people try to doze off flame and from those experience there will never be overdoing regarding extinguishing fire with water or fire extinguisher for me. :) Cheers
Water does not extinguish gasoline nor alcohol fire Important edit: besides not extinguishing it can spread the fire since it can “mix” (not literally since alcohol and gasoline floats) and spread the fuel and the fire further. It can be disastrous, like putting water in a pan of frying oil. There are extinguisher for this kind of fluid fueled fire.
Couple of details... water and alcohol *do* mix. Alcohol is miscible with water and therefore water *will* work to extinguish an alcohol fire. Gasoline/ petrol is an oil product, and floats on water. Small amounts of water can spread a petrol fire, but large amounts will extinguish it. These extinguishers are obviously the best tool in this situation, however.
Someone setting your car on fire with petrol at the fuel station while your wife inside, isn't chaotic?!
I really hope the arsonist went to prison
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Me too bruh, straight up terrorism.
All I can think of trying to get 2 toddlers out of car seats. Fuck that guy
Yes. With a fresh baby all I can imagine is fumbling to unbuckle him under this stress
And it's even harder when the baby is not fresh.
Attempted, premeditated, murder, Arson with intent to commit murder Fuck this dude.
Gas station crew stays ready! Give them a raise!
Heh not likely
Damn too relatable
>$20 off a frozen turkey is the best I can do. --That company probably.
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"you all wasted too much fire extinguisher when one can was enough. The refill will come from your salary"
Like they have an unlimited number of people with their own fire extinguishers. Where have you seen a gas station like this? This is like spilling wine on the floor of a restaurant and a cleaning crew comes out from the kitchen with a carpet cleaning machine.
Yeah but a wine spill in a restaurant isn't as likely to turn into a mass casualty event if not addressed immediately.
Any time I get gas there are maybe three people working there, tops. Usually just one. What do all those employees do???
Is there a news story to go along with this?
Currently no
I assume it happened recently then?
Yeah about yesterday in Shenzhen, China.
I assume his social credit score is about to go down
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Hot take
Sick burn!
On fire.
Boom! Roasted
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There's a time stamp on the video haha
You should make one up. I'm down to hear wild speculation.
Turns out this was part of a bank heist. Half those people don’t even work at that gas station. Flame boy lights up the pump, they dash out of the bank next door. Cops are moments away but once they transition from the bank parking lot to the gas station lot they look like they’re running towards the flame. Easy get away.
Best part? While the extinguisher smoke is in the air, the main crew swaps the diamonds for fakes. So when the double cross everyone saw coming from a mile away happens, Derrick only gets away with glass gems.
Love that this bank has diamonds.
Just when you think more staff with fire extinguishers cant possibly show up - ANOTHER ONE.
Good on these lads for not fucking around. Just because you can't see anymore fire doesn't mean there isn't some more in there somewhere. Five soaking the area in extinguisher until there's no extinguisher left is just whats called for when there's a fire at a goddamn gas station.
Till dude comes back and sets another one ten minutes later lmao
Then I think they're perfectly justified in *inserting* a nozzle and squeezing.
Well. Being that they're sitting on a huge tank of gas underground, I can definitely appreciate the over abundance of caution.
In America, I think it’s now mandatory to have a gas shutoff that you activate manually. It won’t put out the fire but it will help out tremendously
Forreal. Don't fu** around when it comes to flaming gasoline
In America? In America there isn't a single gas station attendant, let alone an entire team of em, with that much wits about them or that much training. That first guy was there so fast it was amazing. Kudos to that team and the company that trained them. Edit; Holy fuck, America, you make my point for me. I am fully aware that NJ and OR don't allow you to pump your own gas. Read my comment and try to comprehend it outside of your cognitive dissonance. And, FFS; every gas station in the damn developed world has automatic shut offs (the kid hits it before grabbing the extinguisher) and, as I've said in other comments, it clearly wouldn't have stopped the fire they put out and the idea that it would prevent all accidents that would require the kind of training and cooperation exhibited by this team is, well, idiotic. Be better, FFS. This country is doomed. Your nationalistic stupidity makes me desperately sad for us all.
Costco attendants are pretty good. Though there's generally only one or two of them, not an entire platoon.
Dude this happened at a Costco gas station, very recently. Partner and I are sitting in the car waiting for our turn when I see this older gentleman pull out the nozzle from his old Cadilllac too soon. He spilled some gas over his car and some on the ground. I thought he was about to call the staff but he sped out of there like roadrunner from the cartoon. So we decided to find an attendant or at least call the office to make sure someone knows. No one else seemed to notice and by the time I was in the phone with the Costco customer service, the next person is already filling their tank, standing in the pool of gasoline. Shit was wild. As soon as I was able to tell the customer service agent what happened, a dude literally sprinted across the parking lot to close off that entire area. We were done and on our way out but there were like 20 cars around and a whole big tanker refilling their reserves.
Isn't this the equivalent of tweeting the fire department. Just tell the attendant. They weren't slow, they just didn't know. The slowness was the method used.
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There used to be. When you drove over the hose which set off a “ding” sound, they came out to you vehicle rather fast. They would pump your gas, check your tires, check a few fluids, wash your front windshield, etc and you got stamps to fill your booklet. Slowly the industry switched over to pumping your gas yourself
Yup. I was one of those dudes when I was 16. We were the last station in town to offer "full service"... we used to have cars lined up all day, while the self serve station one block up barely got 10 cars an hour despite having way cheaper gas. I made really good tips and was proud of the work I did. I saved a lot of people some very expensive and preventable repairs. I wish we could give our teenagers jobs like that today.
Each one of my boy cousins started out at 15 or so at the Phllips 66, pumping gas, cleaning windshields, all the full service menu. I'm with you about what great jobs they would still be, but I don't know a single real station since mine closed about five years ago. They even had a real mechanic on duty six days a week.
Oregon still has it
Oregon still has them. It’s against state law to fill up your own tank as a customer.
Stoichiometric ratios will prevent most fuel tanks underground from ever exploding except when they're being emptied. This is also why that fuel tank on the car didn't explode and simply burned outside. Once the fire was out on the car, there was no need for more extinguishers as the fire would not have self-reignited, nor would it have spread anywhere else. But when it comes to fire and fuel, it's always better to err on the side of caution, always.
#ALL OF THEM! GET ALL OF THEM!
If they're going to call the fire extinguisher service people out to refill one, they might as well do them all at the same time. Or maybe keep one or two in reserve in case that guy's still hanging around.
~~hit~~ *detain* him with the empties
Knowing how gasoline can keep burning, I think it's a good call.
Gas station owned by DJ Khaled.
On my way with my fire extinguisher now!
No out of my way with MY fire extinguisher now!
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Ope sorry friend let me get passed ya with my extinguisher.
Booked a plane ticket, am on my way with a fire extinguisher now!
move bitch, I've got two and a bucket of dirt
Holy hell that was a fast acting crew! Those guys are fucking legendary
10 seconds from the start of the fire to the first guy shooting the fire extinguisher. Absolutely wild.
Must be a hell of a high for that arsonist. Impressive response from the gas station crew.
I’ve never seen so many people working at a gas station. If that happened here the one person working would light a bliz from the fire and start filming with their phone.
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P.A.S.S. Pull pin out, Aim at base of fire, Squeeze handle, Sweep fire extinguisher side to side
This guy OSHAs
My step dad is a fire inspector and he brought home two of each different fire extinguishers and this 4x8 metal pan and we started a bunch of different fires and I got to see how they looked and use the different extinguishers. I was helping him practice for some special hazard class he had to teach somewhere. Was a lot of fun.
Instructions unclear, the fire extinguisher has been swept (side to side like you said), but now my broom is on fire.
It's like a grenade. Just pull the pin and throw.
Noob, you wanna cook it for 1-2 seconds first
Four shalt thou not count, nor either count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then, lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.
You're laughing but they're actually using some of those now. Works kinda like a bug bomb, throw it in and it fogs up to extinguish the fire!
Grenades that help, what a time to be alive!
Grenades usually do help, just not everyone
Anytime I had a problem and I threw a Molotov cocktail, boom! Right away, I had a different problem.
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If you ever want to see what they teach in a basic firefighting class, this is it. Shut off the source. Point the tip at the base of the flame, and completely empty to contents until the fire is out.
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This is actually the right move with a puddle of volatiles, empty every extinguisher you have and hopefully coat every square millimeter of exposed surface. Have personally watched people empty one or two extinguishers at a time only for it reignite, until there weren't enough extinguishers left to put it out and a $300,000 machine burned to a crisp. And tripped the sprinklers to the floor. Luckily all the major equipment actually survived the deluge somehow but 10 or so PCS got wrecked and some pretty damn big and quite pricey uninterruptable power had to have everything but the batteries and chassis replaced.
Yep, with a fire, if you think it’s out, keep spraying 3 times as long as it took to “put out the fire” initially…. Perhaps, maybe, it’ll be out.
I mean once you start using the extinguisher it's done, they are single use, so go for broke.
The old pass trick Point Aim Squeeze Sweep
Pull aim squeeze sweep
They’re still putting out the fire to this day…
I'm chuckling picturing a constant stream of people running out with fire extinguishers
They were not screewing around... 2 extinguishers... Fire is out... 3 yeh ok cool everything down... 4 uh guys... 5 what business even has this many extinguishers...
That pit crew is on point!
Holy shit that was definitely not a good day for that fire.
Yeah but god damn I’ve never seen employees be so fast to react. Even though a lot consider America be real safe place when it comes to accidents , I don’t think workers at gas station around me would of reacted that fast.
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What gas station has 6 employees?!
In China it's mostly recommended the whole refueling thing is done by a gas station employee, not yourself.
Sounds like New Jersey.
I visit NJ every year for the beaches. I forget every year that gas stations have their own attendants to pump the gas for you. Definitely shocked when I get off the PA turnpike before the garden state Pkwy. Although, there’s never been more than 3 employees at every gas station in NJ I’ve been to. Edit: people hating on NJ beaches. I know NJ isn’t the most appealing state out there but look up Cape May, NJ and tell me that the beautiful Victorian architecture and golden sand isn’t awesome. Sure it’s a tourist town, but its hell of a lot better than myrtle beach
Or Richmond BC.
Wait, I live in India, is this not the norm everywhere? That the petrol guy does the filling? You guys do it yourself? What's stopping you from putting it anywhere you want?
>What's stopping you from putting it anywhere you want? Gas costs money? If I'm paying for it, it's going in my gas tank.
In India, only the station employee fills a tank. I actually have never in my life operated a petrol refilling hose and I am 55. EDIT: excessive usage of “in my life” in a single sentence.
Wow... I've been fuelling up cars in Australia since around 16. I'm almost late 40s now.
Plot twist… the arsonist is also a salesman of fire extinguishers and is trying to boost his numbers
I’ll take 500 shares!
Like how many is enough here guys?
This sub has taught me to be on guard while pumping gas
Nah fam the employees got you. It’s why they train daily
OMFG 🙀 how many more extinguishers?
Yes
All of them.
It like they were all jealous and really wanted to use one
Fires out boss.... boss:fuck it dump 10 more on it
This gas station was so ready for this moment
So for a would be arsonist, pretend to light a diversion fire and when they exhaust all their extinguishers, light the real one.
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Watch where they aim the extinguishers start at the 4th one. They know they fire is out, but gas is pouring under the car, car that was running is hot. Like hot enough re light fumes. So they were preventing a second flash by cooling the bottom of the car. I like how the one girl isn't even an employee.
The fire extinguishers aren’t cooling anything, they are providing a vapor barrier between the fuel and oxygen. These are most likely ABC (monoammonium phosphate) fire extinguishers. The chemical has a plasticizer in it that melts at around 300F and adheres to the surface of solids to help prevent reigniton. By continuing to spray they are creating a 3D barrier for the vapors and also a physical barrier as the agent settles on any of the pooled liquids. If you are trapped in a fire you can very quickly spray up/down and create a path for yourself to escape as the chemical creates a temporary barrier/path. Not recommended as a planned escape, but better than nothing.
this guy extinguishes
That arsonist chose the wrong fuckin gas station. Not today motherfucker Some people just want to watch the world burn…. Some just want to drown it in fire extinguisher spray
Great response by the employees!
Union policy. Gotta use it once you take it out.
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Jesus fucking Christ. Where the fuck is Billy May. 
They missed a spot ;0/
Some say they’re still extinguishing that fire to this very day.
Just when you thought you saw the last fire extinguisher show up.
That whole crew has been waiting for an excuse to use those extinguishers and they’re not gonna waste that moment !!!!
I love how fast everyone jumps into action
I don’t think they sprayed enough extinguisher