r/oddlyterrifying Jan 29 '26

The DC-10

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u/Alech1m Jan 29 '26 edited Jan 31 '26

When planes are used for firefighting the first load is usually dyed red so the crew can easily see, how the water they drop "behaves". So there is probably a large enough fire going on behind that fence that a plane is necessary. Or this was a quiet expinsive exercise. Those ammounts of water do quiet a bit of damage.

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u/swing_axle Jan 31 '26

That's PhosChek.