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An afternoon in Greenlawn Posted by arabiflora [Email]  (#1129) [Profile/Gallery]
(more from arabiflora) on Sat, 29 Jan 2005 23:39:47
In Reply to: Fan Motor caught fire to dashboard, sidney, Sat, 29 Jan 2005 21:28:19 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
Not to make light of your story (although 'ignoring smoke from the dashboard' invites same), I'll take the opportunity to tell a story.
I was going into the local grocery one afternoon and walked by a fellow who was mostly lounging against the wall but had focused his attention on a car in the lot. I followed his gaze to a Jaguar that was dropping burning embers down to the parking lot from some (undefined) place near the engine compartment. The fellow who parked the car was walking into the store when my lounging friend shouted "Dude-- Your Car!!". 'Dude' had his headphones on and took some time to notice this fellow's warning, but eventually caught attention and looked back at the Jag.
By then a bit of smoke was rising from the car, and Dude went into the neighboring salon to ask for an extinguisher-- no go. He casually walked into the grocery and returned with a CO2 tank that he sprayed aimlessly from beneath the car. Needless to say, his efforts were in vain.
Having extinguished the CO2 tank but not the fire, Dude proceeded to empty his car of the boxed stereo components he had with him, calmly placing them in a cart snagged from the grocery; he pushed the cart into the store, dialing his cell phone en route, leaving me and my new friend to watch the growing flames.
The Fire Department arrived, and the first thing they did was bust the passenger window of the Jag and fill the compartment with water. Once satisfied that the seats were not going to explode (?), they aimed their hoses to the engine compartment from above and below. Their actions stopped any further smoke and probably averted some sort of disaster. Their final act (for me) was when they opened the driver's door to release a flood of water onto the asphault parking lot.
With the show apparently over, I leaned toward my lounging friend and said "Look at that.. Now THAT'S why I don't drive a jaguar!"
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