A little excitement - car fire

x-y-no · #1 Postby **x-y-no** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:12 am

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.

:eek:

gtalum · #2 Postby **gtalum** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:14 am

Is it a Ford SUV? Many of them were recalled because the cruise-control switch could spontaneously catch fire.

arkess7 · #3 Postby **arkess7** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:18 am

yea i heard that too. my parents have an expidition.....and they got a recall about the same thing.

x-y-no · #4 Postby **x-y-no** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:19 am

gtalum wrote:Is it a Ford SUV? Many of them were recalled because the cruise-control switch could spontaneously catch fire.

GMC Jimmy.

gtalum · #5 Postby **gtalum** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:22 am

In that case I have no idea.

Good thing everyone is okay.

weatherlover427 · #6 Postby **weatherlover427** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:59 pm

Glad everyone is alright, and good job putting the fire out.

x-y-no · #7 Postby **x-y-no** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 2:03 pm

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.

gtalum · #8 Postby **gtalum** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 2:07 pm

Car fires are scary. You never know when they might hit the gas tank and then KABOOM!

gtalum · #9 Postby **gtalum** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 2:08 pm

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!

#10 Postby **DaylilyDawn** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 4:11 pm

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.

#11 Postby **Stephanie** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:06 pm

Great job x-y-no! I'm glad noone got injured! :eek:

#12 Postby **MGC** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:40 pm

You are a hero......MGC

#13 Postby **Cookiely** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 6:03 am

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.

A little excitement - car fire

A little excitement - car fire

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