r/Firefighting • u/AffableEffable • May 17 '25

Ask A Firefighter Is This Retired Firefighter's Claim About Putting Out a Car Fire Correct?

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Hi, I ran into this discussion on twitter, and most people in the comments were really mad at the ELBainter person (who claims to be a retired firefighter). I know absolutely nothing about any of this, so I was curious: are they right and the people there are just stupid, the opposite, or something in between?

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u/SimpleBadger May 17 '25

A local off duty firefighter got injured trying to put out a car fire. He said it was automatic to just try and help put it out but realized afterwards how dumb it was. He got lucky.

https://globalnews.ca/news/8716985/port-moody-vehicle-fire-shooting-vancouver-firefighter/