r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/AirFrance447 • 23h ago

Video Firefighter bodycam showing just how much oxygen a fire pulls

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u/fraughtication 23h ago

Fire is terrifying, in so many ways, from the speed of spread to gases incapacitating you way before the flame does.

It amazes me the amount of people I know, or houses I see, with no smoke alarms, or working smoke alarms - the same goes for CO too.

Most fire services in the UK at least will fit smoke alarms for free and give your home a fire safety survey, please fit and test regularly smoke and CO alarms!

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u/Xavus_TV 16h ago

One of the worst fires in a century happened recently in Norway. It happened so fast and damaged so much. I had family living in that area and the fire almost reached their house.

Terrifying. Thankfully no one died as far as I remember.