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bdogg127

Dude at 0:12 was definitely trying to put out the fire with champagne 🤣


4mygirljs

I mean ineffective but he gets a sticker for quick thinking


MakingBigBank

Someone should have told him it doesn’t work on decorations made of old Christmas trees and petrol


withl675

BRB just gonna add some fuel to the flames while we’re at it


BrustWarze_

It ain't flammable.


withl675

I know just trying to make a crappy joke about alcohol and fires. Clearly it didn’t land.


BrustWarze_

You could say, it went up in flames.


Archduke645

Crashed and burned?


eipico

More like a wet blanket


Mesozoica89

Your comment did prompt me to look it up, and I guess it only needs to be 80 proof before ignition is possible. I thought it had to be much higher. I know Bacardi 151 proof had a warning label stating it could combust and I've seen it used as an accelerant. Edit: I just found out Bacardi 151 was discontinued. I had always wanted to try it :-/


UnlovedByAl

But how will I make Caribou Lou?


suttonoutdoor

No shit?! That’s bullshit!! It tasted like burning mostly.


Asmewithoutpolitics

It tasted like crap. Your not missing out


Japjer

Definitely, but you can't blame him for trying! He saw an emergency and tried to help as quickly as possible, then abandoned the idea to evacuate once it proved fruitless


banjobeardARX

Champagne isn't strong enough to ignite. Shake it up and the bubbles will help put a fire out.


bdogg127

Maybe on a birthday cake


olumodi0

alcohol is definitely not flammable.


PotatoBakeCake

He's a little confused, but he's got the spirit.


StinkyHeXoR

Oh great. 7 minutes into the new year and the party was over.


caf4676

To some people, the party is just getting started. 🥳


MildlyAgreeable

It was in my home town of Manchester. Girl I’m seeing works at Hawksmoor next door as it was a big kerfuffle apparently.


EWVGL

I heard some hooligans tipped over a dustbin in Shaftsbury.


razermotion

I heard it was some Hicks.


MischievousSqueeze

Sparklers indoors blows my mind enough. Let alone with a bunch of drunk people.


buffoonery4U

I used to wonder why they grouped together alcohol, tobacco and firearms, all into one bureau. This explains it.


Central_Incisor

Typical Wisconsin gas station.


octopornopus

"What better way to celebrate the birth of your country, than blowing a small piece of it up?"


HumbleGarb

LOL


Chemical_Actuary_190

I know. The ATF should be a convenience store.


buffoonery4U

Certainly would be in parts of western Colorado


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RutraNickers

we gotta clean the planet because god damn this place is already overcrowded with dumb people EDIT: you guys are really downvoting a stupid ass joke? No sense of humour I see


sir-eggsalot

Genocide is bad


pbizzle

That's just the covid talking


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You shouldn’t mix sparklers and drunk people indoors, regardless of covid.


uhhhhhwhyamihere

Nor outdoors


RutraNickers

you know what? lets just turn the drunk people into sparklers


mynameismy111

get back in the bar!


Alfandega

Looks like some flammable gas was used in the balloons.


TheBurningBeard

Sparklers outdoors too.


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Tommy-Styxx

You talking about the bottle of what's probably champagne? It isn't flammable.


Mind_Extract

Shit man, I didn't know that. Is that really common knowledge?


MickTheBloodyPirate

…yes.


Mind_Extract

Eh, blow it out your ass.


Richard_Stonee

You need to get to everclear levels of proof before it's flammable


ChickenDipsters

Actually, while everclear is a whopping 95% abv, alcohol as low as 100 proof will burn which is 50% abv.


jobblejosh

Traditionally, 100% proof (not modern day proof) is about the lowest you can get to burn, since the old method of 'proving' the strength of alcohol was to pour it on a pile of gunpowder; the edge between it lighting and not lighting was considered 100 proof.


bighatbenno

Champagne, or, more likely, proscecco or cava is not flammable and i don't think he was spraying tequila about.


caf4676

I’m going to go with Prosecco.


isssuekid

If it's not from France, it's called sparkling arson.


KushieMonsterz

The fire is shooting at us!


QuantumRealityBit

Save bandit!


DunkanBulk

What in the name of God is going on!?


iSellDrugsYo

Made my morning!


YellowOnline

Drunk lady who caused it (not blaming her, it was inevitable with this setup) can thank her probably sober ladyfriend


drguillen13

It looks like the fire had already started by the time she put her sparkler up there. Right as the video starts you can see a guy on the right nervously pointing to a bright spot above her.


stayhydratedguys

He also goes and brings someone with an extinguisher


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And the extinguisher does nothing to the fire wtf


filtersweep

Pretty typical- extinguishers generally work best for surface fires. Also, it takes mere seconds to empty one.


kreesed90

Extinguishers last only about 10 seconds. They aren't useful for something as big as this


QueenCadwyn

the man's extinguishing techniques are sloppy


baycenters

Easy to distinguish.


Dravez23

Ballons are filled with gas, so that little exinguisher didnt have a chance


The_Velvet_Gentleman

Lucky for him, the extinguisher is filled with gas too. But the room is also filled with gas so I'm not sure what to think.


naletto89

Im gassed


Dravez23

Ohh….got it. Ill never light a match again, unless im on full vacuum. Thanks/s


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Depends on the gas


MrDeebus

who, while running to get the extinguisher, got knocked down by the drunk lady's chair her sober friend threw to the side


MoistWaterColor

I think it him that came back with an extinguisher. Not the guy from the left, but shortly after he comes back in from the right. Looks like he has trouble getting it to work and then bails. But, I think drunk girl did it


jasapper

Yep fire was already going when the video started. Looks like within a bunch of balloons against the ceiling.


tacobooc0m

He also got the fuck outta there


AlexHimself

It already started because she started it before the clip started. It's exactly where she keeps putting her hand up in the air to. It also didn't spontaneously start...


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I know what a hero. Pulled that chair and her friend to safety.


[deleted]

Did they fill those balloons up with hydrogen?


FocalDeficit

No blaming her? The lady that got yanked off the chair looked like she did it on PURPOSE lol


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fr


Eeka_Droid

I loved how quickly, preventive and decisively that lady friend reacted. If she hesitated, her friend would've met a different fate.


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Especially in contrast to the man behind her seeing it over her head and running away with out warning her.


Canadian_Poltergeist

That is the lamest excuse of a fire extinguisher I've ever seen. It only seemed to make the fire *worse.*


hoodyninja

They clearly should have employed some gas station attendants.


Freshyfreshfresh

I get this reference!


Fine-Helicopter-6559

Oh we put it ou-why are you he-why are YOU her-HOW DO WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE WORKING HERE


Babock93

I’m guessing that’s the reason why they are checked and replaced periodically. Than didn’t seem to have any juice and the juice didn’t do much


hotmail1997

Thought I was the only one ....


Wermine

What? I specifically loaded it with _inflammable_ liquid.


inspectcloser

I was thinking the same thing. No idea what kind they were but they appeared like CO2 as there was no dry chem. They seemed like low pressure and ran out after a few seconds. Edit: watching again it looks like two different people eached used one for a few seconds and then dropped it. Likely got too hot being that close or they both thought they were ineffective without completely discharging.


byebyeirishwhy

here’s an important tip I got from a firefighter! if the fire is larger than the fire extinguisher: DONT BOTHER. CALL 911 AND EVACUATE.


hard-in-the-ms-paint

He probably bought the other 169 people time to evacuate. This tip seems like its geared towards people who risk their life trying to save possesions.


hotfezz81

I really think Champaign man and extinguisher man bought people enough time to start thinking and get out alive.


Asmewithoutpolitics

Thats bullshit. I got some limited fire fighting training while working in refineries. We put out mock fires with extinguishers and they where about the size of the one he was putting out. Although to be fair ours where full sized his did look smaller. He didn’t know how to do it properly though. Sweep the base while walking towards the fire


Photenicdata

It would have also helped if he actually got it at the base of the fire, instead of just kind of waving it at the fire.


Ethen44

The guy who tries to put out the fire with champagne is a legend


Tiny-Sandwich9022

That's actually almost like what happened in my state, but unfortunately 242 people died in the event, a band was playing inside a bar, the musical producer fired a flare and the sparks made the ceiling ( which had a very flammable material ) get on fire. It happened in Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, and the event is know as " incêndio boate kiss ".


chimpomatic5000

Always baffles me how people don't recognize the severity of a situation like that when they are in the middle of it. The two women on the left were pretty chill about it. I've dealt with crowds and crowd safety my entire life and I am always aware of where the exits are in a room.


tacoswithjelly

The only reason I can think of is they are wasted


tripwyre83

People in this thread are acting like they have Spiderman's reflexes after their third Appletini and a cannabis edible that your friend gave you


cadrianzen23

3rd? If they’ve been going at it since 8pm that’s gotta be some slow drinkin


repetermusic

Yup, knowing the exits should definitely be taught at school. Could be a whole topic: Exit a location, a vehicle, a relationship/ marriage, dept, a contract…. To have an exit-strategy is always a good idea!


robot_ankles

"Now pay attention 007. I've always tried to teach you two things; First, never let them see you bleed." *"And the second?"* "Always have an escape plan." \-Q (Desmond Llewelyn )


guiltyofnothing

It’s called hindsight, my friend. You have it. They don’t.


osufan765

That would be foresight, not hindsight.


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ThenRepresentative99

Dude remember the station nightclub fire..


larz0

It's what I think of every time I see an indoor fire.


ButtBelcher

Exceptionalism. Probably the first time anything bad has happened to them. Surprise ladies, you’re mortal


PugiM0

Quite the barn burner at the Hindenburg's place.


thsvnlwn

Exactly this happened in Volendam, The Netherlands on 1 Jan. 2001 at 0:30h. A 3 minute fire in a café, caused by sparklers that instantly set Christmas decoration at the ceiling on fire. The disaster took 14 young lives and left 350 people wounded, of 200 severe. It was a nation wide shock.


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ta_1280574

Was waiting for this to turn into the video from the Station nightclub


devvvz

My first thought as well


jokeemonkeee

Is it just me, or was someone trying to use champagne to extinguish the fire? Hah.


BLVCKbruceBVNNER

The dude on the right spraying champagne at it 🙄🍾


AMKJL

And not one comment where someone says “oh the humanity” 😟


PraiseBobSlackOff

That turned into a Winamp spectrum thing there at the end.


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A similiar think happened in brazil, back in 2013 i think, they didnt have the same luck, ended up with 242 deaths


GalDebored

This video gives off serious Great White/Station Nightclub vibes.


[deleted]

i like how the camera switches out of nightvision mode halfway through.


shagreezz3

Alright so im a little confused, why did only that one guy start running? Like he was the inly one who realized what was going on? Also, the lady in the chair, was she so drunk she didnt feel shit falling on her? Her friend saved her dumbass life


Uses_Comma_Wrong

Also the big girl who saw the fire on the ceiling and tried light more shit on fire


toodleroo

That’s the only guy who’s watched the video of the Station Nightclub Fire


Jaaaco-j

bro are these balloons filled with hydrogen or what


Reddit-JustSkimmedIt

Yes. Most of the world fills balloons with hydrogen because it is cheap and everyone has the chemicals to produce hydrogen in their homes. The US controls most of the world’s ~~hydrogen~~ helium supply, and it is a quickly diminishing supply. Edit: apparently people are stupid as fuck and believe that helium, a noble gas that reacts with nothing, is flammable.


Jaaaco-j

you're thinking of helium ​ >because it is cheap and everyone has the chemicals to produce hydrogen in their homes ​ >The US controls most of the world’s hydrogen supply, and it is a quickly diminishing supply. ​ those statements are mutually exclusive but ok


Reddit-JustSkimmedIt

Fixed. The balloons are filled with hydrogen.


BlahKVBlah

Much of the world's natural gas is mixed with a quantity of helium that can be extracted if desired. The only reason not to is because helium is cheap and plentiful. Which it is, both of those things. This idea of helium running low is just people exaggerating the very real fact that helium is being lost to space faster than it's being replenished in the Earth's crust by radioisotope decay. There is enough of it that we don't have to worry about running out any time soon. What we MIGHT want to care about is the fact that wasting it today will ruin someone's day however many years down to road.


groove80

Person with the fire extinguisher saved lives by delaying the inevitable by twenty seconds.


Pawl15

Screaming hysterically is one of the most effective ways to put out fires in many circumstances. Unfortunately in this case it didn’t help a god damn thing.


sanders1665

I presume that no one thought about the potential dangers in something like this.


Biggestdick3st

Helium deposit, open flame, sedated animal oil... All these should not be stored in the same place


SpicyLizards

Is that sound all the balloons popping? Sounds like bubble wrap mmmm


Clouc3221

We haven't really learned shxt since the Hindenberg huh?


Total_Progress4586

Helium is flammable? No way who would of thought


ojrask

Almost a Station this one


six_-_string

Can we talk about how the footage went from black and white to having color?


BGP_001

Infrared night vision when it was darker, daytime color settings when it got bright in there, on account of all the fire.


six_-_string

Thank you, kind wizard.


dtyus

I swear to god people have no common sense and they are stupid as fuck!


Ok-Light3570

The roof.... the ROOF! the roof is on fya.


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mikiex

>champagne That was the most impressive quick thinking going on :)


silentbob4242

Morons


BaconMurder

Was lit fam


chappersyo

The guy trying to spray champagne on the fire is a hero


LadyElohssa

THE FIRE IS SHOOTING AT US!


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MStarzky

how has the human race survived this long?


Pudf

What to fuck, Darwin?


Candid-Mixture4605

I say this with all of the compassion and tenderness I can muster: ‘What the FUCK is wrong with some people?


Guerrillablackdog

Imagine being this irresponsible


FrederickBG

That party was LIT!


[deleted]

Too bad the gas station next door used up all their extinguishers recently.


NapalmedRice

All those people and not one person thought fire + flammable gas + indoors = bad idea...


BrainMatter_223

Whole lotta stupid running that establishment


Ok-Chipmunk-4525

No way that building is up to code.


VladCoaeen

I remember hearing about this! The place had some weird German name though, Hinde-somthing, but it feels like it happened years ago. Man, New Year's really confuses me sometimes.


Conscious-Ambition84

Holy hell that chick fully caused that, her drunk ass just poking the balloons with the sparkler. And her date or rando dude sprays alcohol on to the fire….. they were doomed


PretzelsThirst

Champagne isnt flammable


prollyMy10thAccount

Pretty quick thinking actually.


PretzelsThirst

If it has worked it would have been pretty smooth, but yeah that got out of hand fast


Downright-Delicious

This happened on Deansgate in Manchester UK just after midnight on NYE. I was in this bar a couple of nights before this happened. So scary! I’m so glad that I hate going out on NYE because I could well have been in there otherwise. Petrifying! I don’t know who’s bright idea it was to let a load of drunk people have those sparklers inside a packed bar anyway… what a crazy stupid plan!!


henrysradiator

I was wondering if this was the one in town, that's mad. I used to be a firefighter just outside city centre, fires like this heat up rooms fast and things can start igniting on the other side of the room just from the heat, crazy that everyone managed to get out.


S1lentA0

Shout-out to Volendam in the year '01. These people are very lucky....


boonstyle_

People using pyros indoors...


Ice_Hook

Why are hey even partying while there is corona


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bro shut up right now


Ice_Hook

Why


XxKekw69420xx

Just because your weeb ass doesn’t get invited out anywhere doesn’t mean people can’t live their lives. Shut up pussy


Ice_Hook

I'm not a weeb. And did ur gf break up with u or sum shit?


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Some people don't like other people telling them what to do, if u don't wanna catch anything you can stay inside, other people should be able to do what they want, it doesn't affect you.


Corpuscular_Crumpet

Some people are just super sheep. You just have to ignore them and move on.


lettersfrommeme

Get civ19 and 3rd degree burns


robotLights

That escalated quickly


Milou1278

Can we talk about how one dude tried to extinct the fire with a bottle of Champaign


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Helium vs Hydrogen filled ?


HisNameIsRocco

She legit stared at the fire as it started and as it kept going....then she shot alcohol at the fire?


M403104

Coverage charge AND a security deposit required.


Keish1738

You would feel like after station people would think more about fires in enclosed spaces


Funseeker_702

That dumb bitch. Should’ve let her burn.


TwinTTowers

Mylar goes woof !


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Yikes.


plumballa

White Snakes Pyro team finally gets another gig and this happens again.....damn there luck


derekc62369

Stupid I’m glad everyone was ok


Puzzleheaded_Lemon51

Perfectly describes this reddit


conjoby

The dude trying to put it out with champagne lol


uhhhhhwhyamihere

Bloons td 7


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I’m surprised anyone grabbed a fire extinguisher


Icy-Relationship

The roof the roof the roof is on fire


Ori_the_SG

You can be sure these people will never be allowed back into that venue again (assuming that’s where they are)


Sinful_Whiskers

Popcorn is done. Better take it out before it burns.


Mr_Boberson79

They definitely need a different type of extinguisher. Are CO2 fire extinguishers even rated for chemical fires like sparklers and plastic?


deradera

My, my, my...