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/Annual-Struggle-688 May 17 '25

Firefighters have the propper equipment and gear to handle this you dont. If you can hit it enough to slow it down to save a life tho thats diffrent hit it hard enough and long enough to get them out then leave the car.

You always hear about the canverous smoke and shit from house fires. Its almost 10x worse in a car fire.