RE: Auto Fire Extinguishers

["George W. Selby, III" <IsuzuG@prodigy.net>]

One time on an interstate trip when I was about 15, we were the first to 
pull up on a woman what appeared to be a smoking hood.  As we got closer, 
we could see flames licking out from under the hood.  My grandfather picked 
up a fair size car fire extinguisher, and emptied it under the hood, The 
fire laughed at the puny effort.  By this time it seemed 100 truckers 
appeared out of nowhere, and they all ran up with full size fire 
extinguishers (size of scuba tank) and it took about 20 of those to put out 
what seemed to be a mild fire.  All this took less than 2 minutes I would 
guess, as there was a fair amount of traffic on the highway.

The moral here, is don't lull yourself with a false sense of security with 
a small car extinguisher, this will only work in the first few seconds of 
the fire, if it is flaming for long enough for you to pull over, then it is 
likely is already to far advanced for one of the smaller units to work 
(assuming engine fire.)

George Selby
78 F-150 400M, 4 on floor, 4x4
86 Audi 4000CS Quattro
IsuzuG@prodigy.net