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A little excitement - car fire
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:12 am
by x-y-no
So we just had some excitement here in the office. This guy ran in yelling that his car was on fire, so I grabbed our biggest extinguisher and ran out after him.
His SUV was on the side of the road - the whole center of the front console was engulfed in flame. I nearly emptied the extinguisher before it went out.
The fire department showed up a couple of minutes ago, so maybe we'll find out what caused it. Glad nobody was hurt - kinda scary that it could do that.
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:14 am
by gtalum
Is it a Ford SUV? Many of them were recalled because the cruise-control switch could spontaneously catch fire.
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:18 am
by arkess7
yea i heard that too. my parents have an expidition.....and they got a recall about the same thing.
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:19 am
by x-y-no
gtalum wrote:Is it a Ford SUV? Many of them were recalled because the cruise-control switch could spontaneously catch fire.
GMC Jimmy.
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:22 am
by gtalum
In that case I have no idea.
Good thing everyone is okay.
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:59 pm
by weatherlover427
Glad everyone is alright, and good job putting the fire out.
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 2:03 pm
by x-y-no
weatherlover427 wrote:Glad everyone is alright, and good job putting the fire out.
Yeah, I'm glad I had a nice big extiguisher, because that fire was
really going by the time I got out there.
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 2:07 pm
by gtalum
Car fires are scary. You never know when they might hit the gas tank and then KABOOM!
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 2:08 pm
by gtalum
And good for you, x-y-no, for having a level head and grabbing the fire extinguisher to take care of it before it got bigger!
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 4:11 pm
by DaylilyDawn
Now get the fire extinguisher refilled so it will be ready for the next emergency! Glad you were able to help the guy and that no one was hurt.
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:06 pm
by Stephanie
Great job x-y-no! I'm glad noone got injured!
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:40 pm
by MGC
You are a hero......MGC
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2006 6:03 am
by Cookiely
I read they had trouble with electrical fires in the steering column or also power steering fires caused by a leak in the power steering spraying on a hot engine.