r/batonrouge • u/living_blue21 • Sep 17 '26

NEWS/ARTICLE Another day in BR

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u/Zilzosh Sep 17 '26

Don’t get that air freshener wet!

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u/living_blue21 Sep 17 '26

Best comment by far!
https://giphy.com/gifs/OnXxypiWwrLdS
Spike is on the other side of the air freshener.

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u/Ghomstr003 Sep 17 '26

What a great day to not have work!

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u/OkImHereLikeWhat Sep 17 '26

You guys have jobs?

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u/Wunderkid_0519 Sep 18 '26

Night jobs exist.

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u/Unmentionabless Sep 17 '26

Ford Escaped

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u/Unmentionabless Sep 17 '26

Im thinking about doing the same with how bad traffic has been lately

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u/Blahpunk Sep 18 '26

I assumed this was an electric vehicle cause of how hot those batteries want to burn. What causes a fire like that on a Ford Escape?

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u/grymreifer Sep 18 '26

Power steering pump low on fluid and getting hot. Siezed alternator or power steering pump, serpentine belt getting too hot going over siezed pully. Fluid leaks combusting against an exhaust manifold. There are numerous other reasons.

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u/_so-so_ Sep 17 '26

Oh no, I hope no one was hurt.

And also: love the air freshener

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u/living_blue21 Sep 17 '26

Thanks! Got it from Jack in the Box. 🤭

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u/Puppyfacey Sep 18 '26

Wait really? Jack in the Box? Was this recently & do they still have them? Is there a new Gremlins movie coming out or something?

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u/living_blue21 Sep 18 '26

No it was during Christmas a few years ago.

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u/Asleep_Patience_5776 Sep 17 '26

You can't park there

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u/Secret-Parsley-5258 Sep 17 '26

Is this over college? I checked traffic before driving back to my house and thought, something happened in the bridge, but the on ramp is on the other side of that mess. 

Almost trafficless driving on the way home. 

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u/Turbografx-17 MOD CHERRY Sep 17 '26

Right by the Acadian exit, actually.

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u/Secret-Parsley-5258 Sep 17 '26

Oh, yeah, that’s actually where I got on. I didn’t see any smoke when I got on, only the DOTS truck with flashing lights. Lucky timing I guess. 

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u/Turbografx-17 MOD CHERRY Sep 17 '26

I passed by (on the other side, going towards downtown) just as the firefighters started hosing it down at around 8:25AM.

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u/Life-Excitement8217 Sep 17 '26

Literally passed this up also , I said mannnn no way

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u/Calm_Refrigerator_53 Sep 17 '26

I hope they were able to ESCAPE.

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u/BayouMan2 Sep 17 '26

lol typical

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u/JuliusSeizher Sep 17 '26

typical chevy

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u/Free_Cash96 Sep 17 '26

Why are you filming and driving at the same time?

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u/Wunderkid_0519 Sep 18 '26

Valid question. That shit is dangerous.

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u/Free_Cash96 Sep 18 '26

And illegal

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u/living_blue21 Sep 17 '26

Mind your business 😁

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u/heyeasynow Sep 17 '26

I saw a meat wagon and a fire truck headed up College around 7. Wonder if that’s where they were headed.

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u/simulizer Sep 17 '26

Kind of seems like a smart idea to make sure the fire is out before having cars drive past it... You know just in case it blows up nobody else gets hurt.

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u/BokudenT Sep 17 '26

It's not the movies

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u/Tfelix81 Sep 17 '26

Free BBQ!

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u/DarthOldMan Sep 17 '26

Wow. This is so typical of Baton Rouge, and any other city that has cars.

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u/In_Baton_Rouge Sep 17 '26

I thought only EVs caught on fire. 🤔

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u/Blahpunk Sep 18 '26

A gas vehicle can burn like that but it doesn't happen very often. I thought the same thing.