Thread: D3 up in flames

[quote=roamer;1454292]

Originally Posted by oldsalt

Did they actually have an extinguisher ?


Mandatory in boats, (QLD anyway), with a name like oldsalt you should be on to that.

Oh yes...the mandatory fire extinguisher/life vests/flares...usually stored in a locked cupboard, under a bunk, in the darkest/furthest corner of the boat, on a lower deck...or in the back of their car in the car park - which they usually remember when their boat begins to sink....
sorry for the rant but I spent a good deal of my earlier life off the coast of NSW searching for "sailors" (so called) who had just gone out for "a little pootle about in their runabout" - yeh like 20 miles offshore late in the day - NO weather reports, NO mandatory equipment, and NO idea about safety or navigation - then I get called out of my nice warm bed to fly around in circles looking for them - then when you do save their sorry lives they complain that they have to leave their boat to the elements....you really can't please some people - and most of them didn't even say thanks!!!!
Rant over.

THANKS OLDSALT











Go on smile
Cheers Ken

Ohh..I dont know...insured...maybe he thought...LET IT BURN!

Or maybe the poor bugger was shocked and maybe he didnt want to get too close. Who knows whether it could have been put out. What is so flammable down there that it destroyed the whole vehicle - presumably fluid getting squirted all over the shop and catching the tyres was part of it.

Cheers

The purpose of a fire extinguisher on a car/boat is not necessarily to save the vehicle/vessel from being written off. It is to save the occupants.

The old fire in the hole trick.
Older Rangie V8's are well known for catching fire around the oil cooler, trans lines.
Located near the exhaust pipe.
It happened to a mate of mine last year going up Cunninghams Gap, with the camp trailer.
The car was up in temp towing up the range, and the hose blew off under pressure.
Luckily another Rangie owner travelling with him, had a fire extinguisher and saved the car, but only just.
He had kids on board, and first and formost was to get all occupants out of the car, then attempt to safely extinguish the fire.
The other guy who had the extingisher also had lost his Rangie for the exact reason a couple of years ago, with no extinguisher to try and put the fire out.
Taking a photo of the car burning, well probably not what l would be doing at the time???
For the price of a extinguisher, all my cars have one fitted.
Including my boat, located next to the driving position.

Certainly a bad situation for the gentleman, but at least he is safe and well.
The car can be replaced, but not his life.

Hi Forumites,
Yeap mine went up in smoke, suspected electrical fire, neighbour said the fire seemed to start in the front left quadrant under the bonnet. She called the fire brigade by the time they got to the house the car was gone. Still took them a further three hours to put the fire out the magnesium in the gearbox kept on igniting and because the suspension had melted and collapsed they couldn't get the hose underneath to put the fire out.
The bonnet completely melted and left a rather artistic metal puddle on the floor. I can make a bit of fun about this now but I was distraught at the time. I got a full insurance payout so I bought another one. No problems with this one.
I'd been out in the car, smelt something funny so I bought it back home and took my P38 with the intention of investigating further when I got home. Came home to two fire trucks and a destroyed fence where the fire hoses had landed.

Cameron,

It was diesel D3. Both persons travelling were also Diesel Mechanics by trade!

Lindsay

Originally Posted by roamer

He may have been better off getting the fire extingwisher out of the boat and using that instead of the camera

Ever tried to extinguish a oil fire with a 9kg extinguisher?

I think the camera was the best option