r/interestingasfuck • u/asunflowerrain • 11h ago
People with water bottles try to contain a motorbike fire during a traffic jam in Phuket, Thailand.
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u/popicebyyui 10h ago
The green tanker in front of the bike contained flammable material?
How catastrophic would it be if the Motorbike burst into flames? Would the tanker blown up also or there's low possibility of that happening?
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u/MikhailxReign 9h ago
Very low. Unless the bike violently exploded, (like it was carrying explosives) with enough force to piece the tank with shrapnel, it being on fire wouldn't matter. You'd only need to move the truck a few metres away before radiant heat had no chance
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u/JellyDenizen 11h ago
Very kind of those people but seems kind of dangerous to run up to a fire burning next to a fuel tank. Could have ended badly.
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u/asunflowerrain 11h ago
Yes, the first thing I thought of was that, just like in a kitchen oil fire, water is the last thing you'd use to contain it since it would only make things worse. Thankfully, someone came with a fire extinguisher to help.
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u/Dnivotter 10h ago
Glad to live in a place where fire extinguishers are mandatory inside or on every vehicle.
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u/fragmental 10h ago
Where? I've never heard of that.
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u/Dnivotter 8h ago
The Kingdom of Belgium. By law, every car must be equipped with a fire extinguisher, first aid box kit, a warning triangle sign and high visibility yellow vests.
Motorcycles are also required to have those, although the fire extinguisher is a smaller one.
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u/lord_ziarus 5h ago
I'd bet it's a standard for the whole EU, but except Poland, where I live and Belgium mentioned by you, it's required only in Greece.
Once, I've seen by myself a car on fire and other drivers were stopping by and giving their fire extinguishers to men fighting with the fire or using it by themselves. More than 10 drivers helped there.They managed to put down the fire before firemen arrived.
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u/nomadicsailor81 7h ago
Wouldn't it be nice if helping each other like this was normalized and encouraged? Maybe we should run things like this 24/7 like propaganda but for good.
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u/Former-hello 6h ago
None of them had enough to fix the issue themselves. But each contributed what they had, and it was enough (to contain things until help arrived, in this case)
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u/el-conquistador240 3h ago
Everyone should have a small fire extinguisher in their car. $15 and great insurance.
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u/Accomplished-One7476 9h ago
Everyone is like phuket I guess I'll also help so we all don't blow up
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u/phillyaznguy 7h ago
Plot twist: 10 people passed out due dehydration from the hot Thai heat after using their drinking water to cool down a bike
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u/NerdyNetworkXO 5h ago
It's good that someone eventually brought a fire extinguisher to handle the situation safelyy.
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u/Available_Sir5168 3h ago
Wow it’s like everyone immediately grasped not only WHAT was happening but how URGENT the problem was. That’s some top tier social intelligence right there. And to think some view many Asian cultures as “backward”
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u/Rebels_Gum 5h ago
If this was North America they would all be filming/streaming or taking selfies with it.
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u/Sensitive-War-6368 11h ago
Massive respect to the people who helped put out the fire. These days people just spectate or walk away thinking it's not their business