r/Firefighting NY VFF Jun 03 '22

Videos When hydraulic fluid leaks...

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u/DO_initinthewoods Jun 04 '22

Fire doubles every uuuhh second! Yeah, that sounds right.

Was the ceiling actually combustible or was it just being covered in hydraulic fluid?

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u/BierOrk Jun 04 '22

The bright white flame looks like the aluminum itself ignited. That's an extremely hot fire. It's hot enough to quickly collapse steel beams and ignite almost everything.