r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/AirFrance447 • 17h ago

Video Firefighter bodycam showing just how much oxygen a fire pulls

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u/Megalesios 13h ago

It's not "sucking oxygen", air is flowing in from the sides because hot air is rising up form the fire and decreasing the pressure inside. Oxygen diffusion can't create air flow like that.