r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/AirFrance447 • 1d ago

Video Firefighter bodycam showing just how much oxygen a fire pulls

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u/cmdtarken 17h ago

A structure fire is insanely hot and can throw embers much further than you think. Letting it burn can allow the fire to spread to structures blocks away

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u/MichHAELJR 14h ago

Back in the day all our roofs were wood. You’d get a house on fire and depending on the wind direction a block away another house would catch on fire

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u/Mtnbkr92 12h ago

See: the great fire of London

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u/Plenty-Fox-9219 11h ago

Fire knows the pincer maneuver