Trailer Fire - Jalopnik
08-08-2012, 10:48 AM
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Trailer Fire - Jalopnik
I've always thought about how bad it would be if this happened, this guy found out...
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08-08-2012, 10:55 AM
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08-08-2012, 11:51 AM
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"Is this your first fire?"
Uh, is that a 'thank you'? Did we set your trailer on fire?
08-08-2012, 01:08 PM
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I know it's a crappy situation that I hope I never encounter, but bitching at the people you called to help???????
08-08-2012, 02:04 PM
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Nothing but the most respect for firefighters. And, yeah, disrespectful to complain at your rescuers.
Still, I always suspect they have a wee bit too much fun breaking stuff open with large tools. Like maybe opening the side door was a bonus for them.
08-08-2012, 02:37 PM
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"Is this your first fire?"
Uh, is that a 'thank you'? Did we set your trailer on fire?
it is difficult to watch. i saw couple of fires in my life, one time a car, one time a house on a same street we lived, some people do indeed go crazy when they see how their whole life gets eaten by a fire. in this case it was just a car that most likely was insured, so, it is not a life changin event by all means, just some money and some years of hard work got lost. it is hard but anybody can survive this. my wife would probably scream in a same exact way.
08-08-2012, 04:03 PM
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Sad. I think I would have been to busy unhooking my truck to get in the firefighters way.
08-08-2012, 04:07 PM
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Anyone else curious how such a fire started in the first place?
Scott
08-08-2012, 04:52 PM
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Sad. I think I would have been to busy unhooking my truck to get in the firefighters way.
BINGO!!!!!!
BTDT...10 tons of hay can go up an an amazing hurry.
08-08-2012, 04:58 PM
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Anyone else curious how such a fire started in the first place?
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I'm going with insurance fraud, for $1000, Alex.
08-08-2012, 05:00 PM
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Anyone else curious how such a fire started in the first place?
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+1, interesting fire. gas cans or propellants in the trailer/trunk of the car?
and agree with the comments above, total lack of respect for the firefighters.
08-08-2012, 06:23 PM
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Anyone else curious how such a fire started in the first place?
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Hot car and gas can stored in close proximity?
08-08-2012, 08:56 PM
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Hot car and gas can stored in close proximity?
Good reminder about the gas cans. Glad to see my Pace side door is impenetrable....
08-08-2012, 09:53 PM
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Four things needed for a fire. Air, heat, fuel, (fuel being anything that can burn) and an ignition source.