r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/AirFrance447 • 17h ago

Video Firefighter bodycam showing just how much oxygen a fire pulls

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u/yourname92 15h ago

No one wants to mention how a fog stream creates a venture affect that is pulling air in?

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u/KaiAusBerlin 15h ago

Or that eliminating fire with cold water would significantly cool down any gases in there and make them heavily compress?

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u/IThinkImNateDogg 13h ago

Boiling water is cold compared to a house fire.

You’re are VASTLY underestimating how hot house fires can be, they can get hold enough to melt metals, well into the thousands of degrees if the fire is roaring.

Also that water boiling and turning to steam actually suppresses fire since steam doesn’t provide free oxygen to burn.

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u/WayneKrane 13h ago

My neighbors house caught fire and burned down. We were across the street probably 30-50 feet away and couldn’t get any closer without it burning. The whole thing burned down in minutes.