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

[u/AffableEffable]

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?

[u/dl_schneider]

I'm on a volley dept that doesn't staff the station. Any car fire we get is guaranteed to be a total loss by the time we get there.

My question is for the career guys here. Even with your faster response times, how often are car fires stopped prior to it being a complete loss?