Yes, I had posted that several of those pix of plastic gasoline bags were mislabeled, but...

[TreasonousBastard]

but here's one from yesterday:



https://www.chronicleonline.com/news/local/hummer-destroyed-in-fire-one-person-hurt/article_b7d2ba02-b34f-11eb-a432-cb80308881fa.html

Seems the guy had 4 plastic jerrycans in the back seat, and something bad happened.

[riversedge]

1. pic: Fire crews found four 5-gallon containers filled with gasoline in the back of the vehicle. Ci

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Fire crews found four 5-gallon containers filled with gasoline in the back of the vehicle.
Citrus County Fire Rescue

[WarGamer]

2. Yes, unburnt fuel.

This was an engine fire, sorry to disappoint those who thought it was a Darwin Award winner.

[Eko]

5. Yup, engine fire.

You can even see where the back of the car is not burnt while the engine is toasted.

[Stallion]

3. "It Blow'd up!-it blow'd up real good"

[ChubbyStar]

7. Total group of defenders in this thread which is hilarious!

Same group as in another thread, I wonder if this guy is their cousin or something. Kind of weird!

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. Their point is valid, though - those are proper gasoline containers

and appear to have kept the gasoline safe. Are you actually reading what they say, or just assuming that you know how the fire started and proceeded, and the report and photos are incorrect somehow?

[kcr]

10. Sorry. Those look pretty melted and burned to me

I also find his defenders pretty funny. Gee, the fire didn't start where the fuel is? Well, of course not. Fuel doesn't spontaneously combust.

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. The point is that the melting, and burning of other stuff, has not opened them up

The fire was elsewhere, and spreading to the back. The front of the vehicle is badly burned, but the external rear is not - the rear right tyre is basically untouched.

Whatever you find your humour in, I guess.

[kcr]

12. I love how DU is filled with experts who can tell a lot merely from pictures

Which I always find amusing. The only thing we really know for sure is the guy fills his Humvee with a bunch of cans of fuel, then the car immediately burns up to a crisp, which I also find highly amusing. I hope you find humor somewhere. It makes life easier.

[muriel_volestrangler]

13. It's not just from pictures; the description is the cans were *full*

so that the gasoline in them had not burned. At least you said you're sorry for your attitude.

[ChubbyStar]

14. Some replies in multiple threads were funny

One DUer wanted to know if marshmallows were involved, that cracked me up too. Hope you have a good day kcr.

[Effete Snob]

4. Something bad happened in the engine compartment

The fuel in the approved containers didn’t burn.

Notice the front quarter panels and hood were removed to fight the fire, and the extinguisher foam concentrated toward the front of the vehicle.

Duplicate thread:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=15425693


https://www.chronicleonline.com/news/local/hummer-destroyed-in-fire-one-person-hurt/article_b7d2ba02-b34f-11eb-a432-cb80308881fa.html

Fire crews found four 5-gallon containers filled with gasoline in the back of the vehicle.

You don’t find containers “filled with gasoline” if they caught fire.

[Treefrog]

6. He had approved containers for gas.

And the story had nothing to do with the gas cans. Already exhaustively discussed in another thread, but still funny to see how many bought this story.

[PortTack]

8. This was posted earlier. The post said he lit a cigarette..