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/Scratchfish May 17 '25

100% agree, however this car looks custom and likely has had a lot of expensive work done to it by the owner. It's a labor of love. I don't blame the guy for at least trying to save his hard work from going up in flames.

Should he have done it? Dangerous as hell. But monkey brain see money burning to the ground