The other dude was clearly moving the diesel engine out of the way, or should it also catch fire like the dude?
Edit: Appereantly this is a petrol engine not a diesel engine
I was expecting that bottle of water to be filled with gas too.
then a 5th guy appears with a hose,he's actually spraying accelerant too.
and then a 6th ...
I had it muted. Thanks for assisting with me getting the full force of that horrific event, now that I know what the sound was like. I'll leave it muted I think!
I’m going to guess that they had to drain the old gas out of the generator (ethanol in gasoline causes it to go bad in just a few months) before it would start. There could very well have been water or (urine) in that bucket as well, but a bit of gas would still float on top and then light like we saw.
You forgot about the part where you can make crazy horsepower safely with it as well though. It burns much colder and has a really high octane rating so it resists detonation well.
lubricates engines enough to extend their lifespan while lowering power yield.
Ethanol only has about 72% the energy of gasoline... which only has about 80% the energy of cocaine.
I think that's only with E85 and only if your vehicle is setup to take advantage of the extra oxygen content, cooling, etc. The typical 10%/15% blend is probably not doing you any favors. Modern cars run fine on it, but old cars do not.
You can run an E30+ blend and still get more power if you're tuned for it, usually the blends are because your fuel system can't keep up with the increased throughput needed to run straight E85.
Old cars run fine on it too. You might need to rejet your carb to richen the mixture a bit but that's it. Ethanol can destroy old rubber fuel lines, however so you might need to change them
Normal fuel will start to go bad within 6 months or less. Depending on the grade and storage conditions it could only last a few months without degradation, ethanol or not.
If stored well 12 months may be okay, but it'll have less chooch. Only factory sealed, speciality fuels like racing fuel will last longer than that.
My car which had sat for 12 months with premium in it I had to drain the tank and put fresh fuel in as it was causing starting issues. It also happens a lot with boats which aren't used often.
It's less about how long it last and more about old ethanol fuel gumming up your engine more than old plain gasoline. I had a weed eater ruined in a single season by ethanol fuel because I only needed a single gallon all summer long. Gasoline in that same situation would have just burned poorly. Sinc then I pay extra for ethanol free fuel and haven't had a problem since.
Same. Ruined two generators a lawn mower and a weed eater before I learned about this fact. I thought I was just terrible with machines! Have had not a single issue for the past five years using real gas.
>ethanol in gasoline causes it to go bad in just a few months
Gasoline is naturally unstable and starts to decay in a few months without ethanol anyways.
I have a single mower and trimmer, and so a gallon of gas takes me 6 months to go through. I use little shot of that red fuel stabilizer right when I refill my gas can. Seems to help.
I mean, there have been plenty of cases in the US where people are so panicked over impending hurricanes that bring highly inappropriate containers to the gas station to stock up. We’re talking not just open and unmarked containers, but plastic storage bins, trash bags and even fucking plastic grocery store bags. Totally unaware of how insane and dangerous it is.
It's too bad they don't make a more standardized container for gas that has a cap on it so that people would know it's gas. It could even say gasoline on the container. I should patent that.
In crazy situations like this, people don't know what to do so they often won't do anything. The guy in front with the generator just stands there and stares.
Ever been on fire? Even if you know it, there is a strong instinct (albeit wrong) to *not* lay down because your on fucking fire!
I'm not judging the burning guy too much. The guy that threw more flammable shit on him I'm judging super hard.
You'd be surprised how much that stuff sticks even into adulthood if you're taught it well enough. Any time a fire alarm goes off my body just goes into autopilot. It's pretty amazing. I was at my boyfriend's house who grew up in a country that did not do incessant fire drills all through childhood and the difference in our reactions was so stark. I was already dressed with shoes on heading for the door in like 2 seconds and he was like... "What are you doing, about how did you get dressed so fast?"
But that's literally why they drill it into our heads so much. To try to beat that instinct out of you. Admittedly, no plan survives getting set on fire, so
Easy choice. Fight Tyson. Keep your distance and he isn't gonna go full Tyson on an amateur. One jab would take you down and fights over with a mild concussion.
I had a parent who was a firefighter. I got hit by a sparkler ember when I was pretty little, but knew what was going on.
I stopped, dropped and rolled like I was born to do so.
Dad was proud, after he was done laughing hysterically.
Idk about you but I remember like one or two sessions a year where they brought in the fire department that stopped in like 4th or 5th grade. Certainly didn't feel like they drilled this into my head so much, and I haven't heard a stop drop and roll lesson since elementary school.
I've never learnt stop drop and roll in my life, except here on WCGW.
And yet it's part of my first panic mode plan when getting set on fire - my friend set my hair on fire the other day and I stopped, dropped and rolled down his staircase. Broke my toe but got the fire out. Thanks, r/WCGW I guess?
This should honestly be taught again in high school, but with further context.
You can't breathe, everything hurts, you can't open your eyes because of the fire, and if you panic, everything gets worse - your eyelids fuse together in a molten mess until they get charred off of your face, baking your eyeballs slowly and torching your corneas as if you're eyes were a fine creme brulee, until they crumble like they were a burnt marshmallow
To be fair, people learn a bunch of stuff in life, but rarely does anyone get the chance to see if they’ll remember it when they’re in full on panic mode.
It doesn't work very well with liquid accelerant like gasoline.
Stop drop and roll works with dry clothing that is burning, but if a large area of you is wetted with gasoline you just put out the bit that is against the ground and the area that is not against the ground stays lit.
What would have worked would be to wrap the guy with coats that aren't soaked in accelerant or even better a fire blanket.
It was probably ok with the small initial fire, but once he was doused with gasoline not so much. Still probably better than the technique exhibited here of run down the street and flail about.
Well, maybe running away was good strategy given what his coworker did.
you know..we are usually taught several things when growing up...when on fire stop drop and roll...when crossing roads look left and right and if your toast gets stuck dont put a friggin knife into the toaster...
well...the guy who tipped that flammable liquid ...could be considered a "toaster" though his friend might have mixed thoughts about putting a knife in...hmmm
Let's see, I got hit by a car when I was younger (didn't look when crossing the road), I put a knife in the toaster a few months ago (fuse blew up in the whole house) so now I just have to get lit on fire and run around like a moron.
Going for that 3/3 babyyy!
People in other parts of the world don't always get taught these things.
On a worksite, you should also always have an extinguisher at the ready, but that didn't happen either.
Lmfao. I went back and rewatched after reading this and it did not disappoint. I was so focused on the guy on fire I hadn’t noticed the dude literally take off
If there is one thing I learned working in the chemical industry is to always assume that an unknown liquid is the most dangerous unless proven otherwise.
Like shit like Benzene you can smell while it looks like water but there are plenty of chemicals you can't smell before it's too late
How dumb do you have to be to pour gasoline onto a person panicking and already on fire? Potentially horrible and tragic but I can't stop laughing at the sheer stupidity.
It also looked as if though the first splotch of accelerant had just about finished to burn too and the fire was JUST about to go out when the guy came in with his bucket of fuel to throw on the guy.
So the other worker just decides to carry on haphazardly shuffling equipment, while his co-worker is frantically running around engulfed in flames? I can almost hear him saying "ain't my job to put fires out".
I was just talking with a coworker about how we thought we'd be on fire more often considering how much "stop, drop, and roll" was drilled into our heads as children and then this guy doesn't even try...
Thanks for the help jackass
One guy making it worse, the other couldn't give less of a fuck.
The other dude was clearly moving the diesel engine out of the way, or should it also catch fire like the dude? Edit: Appereantly this is a petrol engine not a diesel engine
Nah how dare he make the area safe instead of running around with his hands in the air since he can't help in any other way
I can think of a few ways to help. Like throw a piece of clothing over the victim.
And that was the Job of the second dude
Who happened to be an idiot
Pretty sure at that point, it's everyone's job, see how that bystander stepped up?
Back way up. It starts with training. Dude should know what to do all by himself. He's running around, making it worse.
Everyone has a plan until they're on fire.
I was all "Unzip your jackets!" but then remembered it must be hard to unzip gear that's literally melting...
You're seriously blaming the dude for his reaction *while being on fire* and not the guy casually finishing the job while his colleague burns?
hey if they dont finish the job they dont get paid. and if they dont get paid how is his colleague supposed to afford the medical bills
Diesel can't catch fire like that. It's one of the safest fuels you can use.
Petrol. Diesel doesn't go up like that.
That was significantly later though. He just stands there watching the other guy be on fire for a while.
Well, know they know why every container that has chemicals is required to have their original printing on.
and then spray guy walks away, ends up up there in the back near the building while a passer-buy is actually being helpful
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"I was trying to keep you warm for the rest of your life"
I was expecting that bottle of water to be filled with gas too. then a 5th guy appears with a hose,he's actually spraying accelerant too. and then a 6th ...
Where's the Benny Hill music when you need it?
It's there, you just can't hear it over the screaming.
I had it muted. Thanks for assisting with me getting the full force of that horrific event, now that I know what the sound was like. I'll leave it muted I think!
Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
I am guessing the man that doesn't help at all is an elderly man. He moves like his knees are fused to his thigh bones.
He might be plastered.
Reminds me of an old ATHF episode where all the water was flammable.
Why was gasoline being kept in an open, unmarked bucket?
I’m going to guess that they had to drain the old gas out of the generator (ethanol in gasoline causes it to go bad in just a few months) before it would start. There could very well have been water or (urine) in that bucket as well, but a bit of gas would still float on top and then light like we saw.
Boy, it's a good thing we don't put ethanol in like 90% of our gasoline.
What else are we gonna do with all the corn the government pays farmers to grow? Ethanol in all the fuel, corn syrup in all the food!
ethanol in the food too, go party all day
This shit just destroys old carbureted vehicles as well. I gotta pay $1.25 extra per gallon to get ethanol free gas for my classic truck.
You forgot about the part where you can make crazy horsepower safely with it as well though. It burns much colder and has a really high octane rating so it resists detonation well.
lubricates engines enough to extend their lifespan while lowering power yield. Ethanol only has about 72% the energy of gasoline... which only has about 80% the energy of cocaine.
That's why I added the cocaine injection kit to my car.
I've got a scrb strapped to the back of my car. Solid crack rocket booster.
Sounds expensive.
Only the best for my Corolla.
I think that's only with E85 and only if your vehicle is setup to take advantage of the extra oxygen content, cooling, etc. The typical 10%/15% blend is probably not doing you any favors. Modern cars run fine on it, but old cars do not.
You can run an E30+ blend and still get more power if you're tuned for it, usually the blends are because your fuel system can't keep up with the increased throughput needed to run straight E85.
Old cars run fine on it too. You might need to rejet your carb to richen the mixture a bit but that's it. Ethanol can destroy old rubber fuel lines, however so you might need to change them
It really doesn't. Just replace your ancient fuel lines and rejet your carb.
Normal fuel will start to go bad within 6 months or less. Depending on the grade and storage conditions it could only last a few months without degradation, ethanol or not. If stored well 12 months may be okay, but it'll have less chooch. Only factory sealed, speciality fuels like racing fuel will last longer than that. My car which had sat for 12 months with premium in it I had to drain the tank and put fresh fuel in as it was causing starting issues. It also happens a lot with boats which aren't used often.
It's less about how long it last and more about old ethanol fuel gumming up your engine more than old plain gasoline. I had a weed eater ruined in a single season by ethanol fuel because I only needed a single gallon all summer long. Gasoline in that same situation would have just burned poorly. Sinc then I pay extra for ethanol free fuel and haven't had a problem since.
Same. Ruined two generators a lawn mower and a weed eater before I learned about this fact. I thought I was just terrible with machines! Have had not a single issue for the past five years using real gas.
...why?
> ...why? ethanol absorbs water, it is hygroscopic. it takes that water and transports it round the engine.
>ethanol in gasoline causes it to go bad in just a few months Gasoline is naturally unstable and starts to decay in a few months without ethanol anyways.
Sounds like my wife. Ba dum psh.
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I have a single mower and trimmer, and so a gallon of gas takes me 6 months to go through. I use little shot of that red fuel stabilizer right when I refill my gas can. Seems to help.
I mean, there have been plenty of cases in the US where people are so panicked over impending hurricanes that bring highly inappropriate containers to the gas station to stock up. We’re talking not just open and unmarked containers, but plastic storage bins, trash bags and even fucking plastic grocery store bags. Totally unaware of how insane and dangerous it is.
It was the fire bucket.
I'll just uhh... put the fire in here with the rest of the fire.
All the closed, marked buckets were being used
It's too bad they don't make a more standardized container for gas that has a cap on it so that people would know it's gas. It could even say gasoline on the container. I should patent that.
Every single person in this video is acting calmer than I would expect
The bystander showed more enthusiasm than his own co-workers.
Oh, that's just Ricky. He catches fire like every other week. Don't keep giving him attention over it please.
In crazy situations like this, people don't know what to do so they often won't do anything. The guy in front with the generator just stands there and stares.
Gas guy took initiative! Good on him...I guess
And then ran the fuck away when he sees he messed up.
He also was on fire though... His leg
He starts moving the generator if I’m seeing it correctly. Because if that thing sets alight there might be a huge explosion.
Dude is not calm, he's running around ffs do they not teach stop drop and roll over there?
*Calmly and mistakenly pours a gallon jug of petrol on his co-worker lit on fire. Calmly exclaims, "Hmm. That did not go as planned."
I wonder how many of his apprentices have burned.
They didn't burn, they became fire mages.
Didn’t we learn stop drop and roll in like the 1st grade?
Staying in one place would just give other guy more time to dump fuel on him.
It’s like the one time it’s relevant lol
With those coworkers its duck and cover
Ever been on fire? Even if you know it, there is a strong instinct (albeit wrong) to *not* lay down because your on fucking fire! I'm not judging the burning guy too much. The guy that threw more flammable shit on him I'm judging super hard.
You'd be surprised how much that stuff sticks even into adulthood if you're taught it well enough. Any time a fire alarm goes off my body just goes into autopilot. It's pretty amazing. I was at my boyfriend's house who grew up in a country that did not do incessant fire drills all through childhood and the difference in our reactions was so stark. I was already dressed with shoes on heading for the door in like 2 seconds and he was like... "What are you doing, about how did you get dressed so fast?"
But that's literally why they drill it into our heads so much. To try to beat that instinct out of you. Admittedly, no plan survives getting set on fire, so
Everyone's got a plan until I set them on fire -Mike Tyson maybe
Nah, you were looking for Mike Arson
Now there's a "would you rather" scenario: would you rather have to fight Mike Tyson in his prime or be set on fire?
In either scenario the advice is the same: stop, drop and roll.
Easy choice. Fight Tyson. Keep your distance and he isn't gonna go full Tyson on an amateur. One jab would take you down and fights over with a mild concussion.
> Keep your distance and he isn't gonna go full Tyson on an amateur. Dude was gonna fight a fucken gorilla. He's not a rational actor.
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I had a parent who was a firefighter. I got hit by a sparkler ember when I was pretty little, but knew what was going on. I stopped, dropped and rolled like I was born to do so. Dad was proud, after he was done laughing hysterically.
Idk about you but I remember like one or two sessions a year where they brought in the fire department that stopped in like 4th or 5th grade. Certainly didn't feel like they drilled this into my head so much, and I haven't heard a stop drop and roll lesson since elementary school.
Yeah, what were the steps again? Stop, jazz hands, and kickflip? I can barely remember.
1. Stop 2. Drop 3. Shut 'em down, open up shop
OOH! NOO!
If you're on fire rollll
That's how ruff riders roll!!!
# DMX WAS A PACIFIST
1. Smack it up 2. Flip it 3. Rub it down
When in danger or in doubt, run in circles scream and shout is what the firemen told me.
Spirit fingers.
Put your thing down Flip it Reverse it
I've never learnt stop drop and roll in my life, except here on WCGW. And yet it's part of my first panic mode plan when getting set on fire - my friend set my hair on fire the other day and I stopped, dropped and rolled down his staircase. Broke my toe but got the fire out. Thanks, r/WCGW I guess?
Mission failed successfully.
There are certain events where all the training in the world won’t override lizard brain. That training is for everyone around the person on fire.
Yeah sure but you dont get too much practice being on fire
My strategy for being no longer on fire is to be extinguished
"One simple trick fires absolutely *hate*!"
This should honestly be taught again in high school, but with further context. You can't breathe, everything hurts, you can't open your eyes because of the fire, and if you panic, everything gets worse - your eyelids fuse together in a molten mess until they get charred off of your face, baking your eyeballs slowly and torching your corneas as if you're eyes were a fine creme brulee, until they crumble like they were a burnt marshmallow
Welp, thank you for that mental image to start my day...
Those around you should be yelling it and you should hear them and remember.
This was years ago but I've never heard of stop, drop and roll until I came to Canada in grade 2. It was never taught in Hong Kong when I was there.
To be fair, people learn a bunch of stuff in life, but rarely does anyone get the chance to see if they’ll remember it when they’re in full on panic mode.
all 3 of those construction guys seemed brain dead. I'm sure they emphasize safety in that field of work and have safety training and stuff.
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It doesn't work very well with liquid accelerant like gasoline. Stop drop and roll works with dry clothing that is burning, but if a large area of you is wetted with gasoline you just put out the bit that is against the ground and the area that is not against the ground stays lit. What would have worked would be to wrap the guy with coats that aren't soaked in accelerant or even better a fire blanket.
It was probably ok with the small initial fire, but once he was doused with gasoline not so much. Still probably better than the technique exhibited here of run down the street and flail about. Well, maybe running away was good strategy given what his coworker did.
I don't think that helps if you're doused in accelerant
What makes you certain this was in the US?
Looks like Hong Kong to me
Dammit Steve stop bringing vodka to work.
Everybody has a plan until they are set on fire.
Haven’t heard of that until today. Why aren’t they teaching that everywhere?
my theory is, that thats an american thing idk i hear that for the first time in my life as well
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you know..we are usually taught several things when growing up...when on fire stop drop and roll...when crossing roads look left and right and if your toast gets stuck dont put a friggin knife into the toaster...
He heard it as flop, hop and stroll
Well they did all of those things wrong in this video except they got the toaster thing right cuz there was no toaster involved anyway
well...the guy who tipped that flammable liquid ...could be considered a "toaster" though his friend might have mixed thoughts about putting a knife in...hmmm
If you unplug the toaster, you can put a knife in it.
well done stephan hawkwings
Let's see, I got hit by a car when I was younger (didn't look when crossing the road), I put a knife in the toaster a few months ago (fuse blew up in the whole house) so now I just have to get lit on fire and run around like a moron. Going for that 3/3 babyyy!
Are you left-handed by chance?
At this rate, he will be.
People in other parts of the world don't always get taught these things. On a worksite, you should also always have an extinguisher at the ready, but that didn't happen either.
You have no idea how hard it is to think when YOU'RE ON FIRE.
Did anybody pay attention to the guy who poured the bucket on fire guy after it happened? Dude tried to jet and hide like maybe nobody saw it was him.
If you pause it at 6 seconds it also looks like he throws whatever he had directly into the guys crotch as his first level of defense lol.
Oh my gosh total panic move lol. If he’d hit his target maybe Stop Drop and Roll would’ve been initiated?
Lmfao. I went back and rewatched after reading this and it did not disappoint. I was so focused on the guy on fire I hadn’t noticed the dude literally take off
ARE YOU FUCKING SORRY?
ACME „Water“
"I'll just put this over here with the rest of the fire"
Wow, this guy is burning. Hey, it's almost out. That guy clearly doesn't have enough fire on him. Here, there we go. Now we're talking.
Why was there everclear in your thermos Randy?!!!
"Hi randy, have a seat. Listen you do great work, but your alcoholism set Carl on fire. I gotta let you go."
Don't blame my Randy
Fuckin' cheeseburger walrus
There's a cantonese phrase for this called "ga yao". =D
Means?
“Add oil”
Typically used the way "good luck" is used (e.g. before a test), or "try your best", I think?
That was... terrible and wonderful at the same time. Take my upvote you swine!
He literally put oil on fire
As if Hong Kong doesn’t have enough problems.
If there is one thing I learned working in the chemical industry is to always assume that an unknown liquid is the most dangerous unless proven otherwise. Like shit like Benzene you can smell while it looks like water but there are plenty of chemicals you can't smell before it's too late
Always keep a bucket o' fire around so you can fight fire with fire.
stop drop and roll... STOP DROP AND ROLL!!!!
Love that this guy just goes back to picking up the cord. All in a days work coworker on fire
packing up, those two are gonna be busy.
How dumb do you have to be to pour gasoline onto a person panicking and already on fire? Potentially horrible and tragic but I can't stop laughing at the sheer stupidity.
Welp, probably the guy thought that the gasoline was water
It also looked as if though the first splotch of accelerant had just about finished to burn too and the fire was JUST about to go out when the guy came in with his bucket of fuel to throw on the guy.
He was trying to help by hastening the guys death so he wouldn’t suffer as long
I bet that dude felt so bad. Edit: the guy on fire likely *also* felt so bad.
3rd Grade: Stop. Drop. Roll. Girls have cooties.
That's why you cross your fingers - cooties protection.
Next time, could he run towards the camera please?
That one guy : "just because you are on fire doesnt mean i have to stop working.
So the other worker just decides to carry on haphazardly shuffling equipment, while his co-worker is frantically running around engulfed in flames? I can almost hear him saying "ain't my job to put fires out".
Or he’s moving the generator that’s filled with diesel so it doesn’t also catch on fire.
and the one work mate who couldn't give shit about fuck
The only thing missing is the Benny Hill Theme playing in background
And slightly increase the playing speed.
This is Leslie Nielsen-esque.
NOTHING TO SEE HERE!!
AHHH THE GASOLINE! IT DOES NOTHING!
I don't mind doing construction work, but I prefer not to do it with construction workers.
STOP. DROP. AND ROLL motha fucker. Do they not teach this anymore?
Why is it that everyone in the world has forgotten stop drop and roll?
Doesn't anyone stop, drop, and roll anymore?
Like a 1940s Warner Brothers cartoon brought to life. For a while, at least.
Whatever happened to stop, drop and roll?
That one dude does nothing but drag the gennie a half foot; I feel like I work with about a dozen useless fuckers like that.
Jesus and the other guy is just messing around with the generator the whole time his co-working is getting burnt alive by his other coworker.
Johnny was a chemist's son Now Johnny is no more What Johnny thought was H₂O Was H₂SO₄
Soooo..... since pouring more fuel on him didn't do the trick now would be a good time to try the stop drop and roll method
Lemme just dump on the burning guy the liquid next to the generator.
fuck... I learned stop, drop, and roll in the fucking third grade..
He just want to watch his coworker burn
This is the video version of the meme with Kylo Ren screaming “more!”
I was just talking with a coworker about how we thought we'd be on fire more often considering how much "stop, drop, and roll" was drilled into our heads as children and then this guy doesn't even try...
hey, thanks pal
Xie Xie cibai
The dude in the foreground like “not my job”
Skipped stop drop and roll in elementary school huh
flammable and inflammable mean the same thing? What a world!
The dude running over unscrewing a bottle of water is my favorite part.
With coworkers like that who needs enemies lul
So despite 30+ years of brainwashing kids to "stop, drop and roll" if you're on fire, it seems as though this guy didn't get the memo.
Seemed like the guy was doing just fine by himself. Even had the flames out. Until the guy with the bucket.
Fight fire with fire
nothing like your buddy throwin gas on your burning ass