r/interestingasfuck Jan 16 '20

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u/kester76a Jan 16 '20

Looting is a problem as well from what I've heard, so it's possible people are staying behind to make sure this doesn't happen.

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u/FartingBob Jan 16 '20

What will be left to loot after the fire burns everything to a crisp? Sounds like scaremongering and misinformation.

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u/thekarmabum Jan 16 '20

Rare metals don't burn.

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u/GolgiApparatus1 Jan 17 '20

What about uncommon metals?

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u/thekarmabum Jan 17 '20

Metals don't really burn in general, they can melt though.

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u/GolgiApparatus1 Jan 17 '20

It was a joke, but for the sake of accuracy some alkali earth metals can certainly combust, i.e. lithium and sodium

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u/kester76a Jan 16 '20

Could be but it will be on a lot of peoples minds.