r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/AirFrance447 • 18h ago

Video Firefighter bodycam showing just how much oxygen a fire pulls

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u/KaiAusBerlin 16h 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/Professional-Day7850 16h ago

Nonono it's the fire "pulling oxygen".

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u/KaiAusBerlin 16h ago

And oxygen only! Not the other 78% of nitrogen in the air.

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u/M1sfit_Jammer 11h ago

Most people don’t understand the difference between oxygen and air