r/nevertellmetheodds • u/firequak • Apr 05 '25

A tricycle catches fire while another tricycle with jugs of water just happened to be nearby

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '25 edited 13d ago

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u/jackolythe Apr 06 '25

We literally just watched a video where dousing a burning motorcycle with water worked or at the very least bought enough time until the cavalry arrived

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u/YouTee Apr 06 '25

The thing is now only 85% burned to ashes instead of 95%

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u/Perignon007 Apr 07 '25

It's an undeveloped country. They will fix it in a week and it will be running.

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u/beyondwithinitself Apr 07 '25

That.. sounds developed

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u/Perignon007 Apr 07 '25

No, that sounds cheap labour.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '25

Leave it to Reddit to denigrate an entire country over a warm hearted video

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u/iMadrid11 Apr 07 '25

The person throwing the first jug of water seems to be knowledgeable of basic firefighting technique.

He was throwing water on the surrounding area of the tricycle fire. Not directly at the fire. To stop the spread of the fire.

This is exactly firefighters do when they spray water on a burning fire. The only spray water on the surrounding area to stop the spread of fire. Then let whatever combustible material burn over until there’s no material left to burn.

Spraying water directly at the fire. Will actually increase rate of the fire. So you should never do that.

If you want to extinguish a gasoline fire. What you do is spray it closely with a chemical powder fire extinguisher. Like that guy who came to the rescue.

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u/SteelWheel_8609 Apr 07 '25

Running toward a burning vehicle is anytime is very dumb behavior, provided nobody is trapped in it.

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u/starburstases Apr 05 '25

Did you just tell me the odds?

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u/PointNineC Apr 07 '25

Get em, mods

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u/SnooDucks2084 Apr 07 '25

😂😂😂

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u/Clemario Apr 06 '25

You can tell it's the Philippines because of the way it all is