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Uploaded Dec. 1, 2006 by
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A small MPEG camera on the engine films fires kinda like COPS. This was a stolen pick-up truck that someone dumped and set fire to. Watch when water hits under the steering column and a magnesium explosion occurs.

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  • chrisphame

    chrisphame - 2 years ago

     all u guys fail...putting too much thought into this. just watch, be entertained, then move on.

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  • powerstruggle7

    powerstruggle7 - 3 years ago

    Correction To previous comment:: "Woudn't be used" not would. (see below)

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    powerstruggle7 - 3 years ago

    Mechanical Engineer Here:: Magnesium is not used to produce engine blocks or any other moving part in an automobile. It is used in some foreign vehicles for braces, supports, or even coating on bolts for corrosion resistance. Although it is an ideal material for engine block production for energy retention, nobody uses it for obvious reasons. If anyone needs an explanation as to why magnesium would be used in something that contains, um, FIRE, then please direct yourself to the nearest high school chem

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    • imaznumkay

      imaznumkay - 3 years ago

      @powerstruggle7magnesium engine block: so the bmw n52 does not contain magnesium? http://en.wikipedi yourself foo

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    • TheMagpieLord

      TheMagpieLord - 3 years ago

      @powerstruggle7Facts simply can't: Be applyed internet sites like Break. There is just too many less inteligent people roaming around.

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    • famousp

      famousp - 3 years ago

      @powerstruggle7Actually, I'm an engineer too. Magnesium is used for anything from connecting rods to engine blocks. The original Volkswagon Beetles had blocks made of magnesium. The rims on my car are cast magnesium - light but stiff. You're probably one of those dumb ASME pricks. Get a life and join SAE.

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    Throttle13 - 3 years ago

    fire: is a living thing. It does not like being put out, and it fought back.

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    • searmstrong

      searmstrong - 3 years ago

      @Throttle13Magnisum: Magnesium is found in a lot of imported cars. It is used in engine blocks and a lot of wheel because of its light weight. Once a car is on fier and the magnisum is heated to enough temperature to burn adding water will increase the burning intensity of the magnisum. Some times to the degree of what you just saw. I am a 25 yr fireman and have seen this several times. Need to becareful with all of the new devices that are being put in carstoday. Bumpers and air bags can also be a killer.

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  • nakedmoose

    nakedmoose - 3 years ago

    ffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuckkkkkkkkk: all the smart shit below me and I had to say something smart too

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    Macossay - 3 years ago

    Airbag Pellet?: Perhaps the sodium azide pellet from the airbag? The water might have created a short that ignited the pellet, which would decompose to sodium metal and nitrogen. Normally the sodium metal is contained within the bag and is neutralized by Potassium and Silicon Oxides. But if the bag was burned away, that could be the sodium metal reacting with the water.

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  • RESCUE3

    RESCUE3 - 3 years ago

    firefighter here: the spectra (light emitted) by the explosion sure did resembled that of magnesium, though i'm sure other types reactions produce UHF light as well, just like the chemist said. We have a magnesium cutting torch on our truck that burns the exact same color. In situations like that, even though your adrenaline is running, you're so physically and mentally focused on maintaining control of the line that when an explosion engulfs you like that-- you really just cant move fast enough.... for

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    Apdluu - 3 years ago

    Chemist here: Alright there is no way in hell that there is unreacted Mg in that truck and has not already went up. There was plenty of heat there to ignite Mg. Also, Mg does not react violently with water. It is a alkaline earth metal. Alkali metals will go up like that with water (Na, K) but like the Mg they would have too already ignited. So I dont know what it was but it was not Mg

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  • john_mgd

    john_mgd - 3 years ago

    so: what part of a vehicle is made of magnesium? do tell all you science whizzes..... WHIZZES.....

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    TI_Cap - 3 years ago

    Decent firemen: will expect that in a car fire, so he was ready for it.

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    • code_3_life

      code_3_life - 3 years ago

      @TI_CapTrue that: we all hope we get to play with mag, I saw it blow through a car door last week.

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    LilJon517 - 2 years ago

    Bro: Its like He didnt even notice that anything happned

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    • mrqaf

      mrqaf - 3 years ago

      @LilJon517oh: did you not notice him walking away when the fire was still going?

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    SirMafia - 2 years ago

    LOL: if something just exploded in my face i'd shit myself, that dudes got balls man.

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    sonnyace - 2 years ago

    nice one: magnesium powder is used in flash grenades :)

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    • Disophisis

      Disophisis - 2 years ago

      @sonnyaceso what happens when a flash grenade goes off: in your face -- magnesium burns pretty hot.

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    • Rufioxiii

      Rufioxiii - 2 years ago

      @sonnyacea very: small charge of magnesium, and something else.. keeps it from burning at its nominal temp, but keeps it bright

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    Fixer808 - 2 years ago

    Love how he just shrugs it off: He's like "Happens all the time. Whatevs."

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    • Hvd002

      Hvd002 - 2 years ago

      @Fixer808hah: u belive that :D when the big light cam i was like. zOMG hez killed :O and then hes just standing there like "Happens all the time. Whatevs." ^^

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    • Stangelgyst

      Stangelgyst - 2 years ago

      @Fixer808I was like: you know, scared, and then you know I thought wow thats like you know kinda bright and i peed a little and it was like wet and bright and you know I stood there and felt like.....

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      uptheirons726 - 4 years ago

      @Fixer808my girlfriend: bitches at me constantly for saying "whatevs"

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    Everwinter - 2 years ago

    that magnesium: could have seriously blinded him. I'm surprised.

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    • robshookphoto

      robshookphoto - 2 years ago

      @Everwinternot necessarily:: firefighters have hoods that keep them from being blinded by bright things... like fires

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    andy65556 - 2 years ago

    WHAT AN IDIOT: WHERES HIS AIR PACK. DUMBASS!

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    • kirbytrooper

      kirbytrooper - 2 years ago

      @andy65556idiot: all magnesium does is emit light and dust and not much heat

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    • herrspoot

      herrspoot - 2 years ago

      @andy65556kirbytrooper, stop talking.: it's not the magnesium that you wear the SCBA for, it's the tons of nasty ass chemicals that are in the smoke of a car fire, dumbass.

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    • anti901

      anti901 - 2 years ago

      @andy65556Did you just say Magnesium doesn't emit much heat?: It burns bright and white for a reason, dumbass, it's 4000 degrees Fahrenheit.

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      A_Sexton - 2 years ago

      @andy65556Dumbass: must be the word of the day.

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  • babadanman

    babadanman - 2 years ago

    cool: man

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  • USArmy314

    USArmy314 - 2 years ago

    SWEET: That fire fighter didn't even budge.What a stud!

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  • Phantom2017

    Phantom2017 - 2 years ago

    MAN!: That fireman didnt even blink an eye lid.. Pretty cool stuff.

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    Wicked_Jokez - 2 years ago

    You can take the magnesium: out of a lighter, wrap it in the spring, hold it over a flame and when it gets glows red throw it at the ground. Same effect. Pretty cool!

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    • stoneyyay

      stoneyyay - 2 years ago

      @Wicked_JokezU MORON: THATS NOT MAGNESIUM THANTS A FLINT magnesium would catch those sparks and make them glow white

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    • Primalgimp

      Primalgimp - 2 years ago

      @Wicked_JokezWho's the moron: what do you think flints are made of. Could it be magnesium . You moron

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    • Djdontworryaboutit

      Djdontworryaboutit - 2 years ago

      @Wicked_Jokezyeah magnesium: is on sparklers...

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    • metal_maverick

      metal_maverick - 2 years ago

      @Wicked_JokezPrimalgimp: you are the moron. flint is flint. nothing else. no magnesium

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    • milessy

      milessy - 2 years ago

      @Wicked_Jokezyour knowledge of chemsitry: is obviously less creditable than a starving African who hasn't attended school in his life. Magnesium can only ever burn with a white light. technically its not a colour because its light emission is out of our visible spectrum, however it appears to us as white. Its due to the electron arrangement in it's electron orbitals and the promotion to the higher energy levels when supplied with enough energy. if what u burnt emited a red light, my guess is you're proabably burning ca

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    • superstallion_03

      superstallion_03 - 2 years ago

      @Wicked_Jokezmilessy...: wicked joker is talking about the spring glowing red not the flint you dumbass!!!

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    • jaries

      jaries - 2 years ago

      @Wicked_Jokezwow milessy: i don't think anyone really gives a sh!t about ur less than creditable so-called science degree... i like wikipedia too.

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    • soopaSucka

      soopaSucka - 2 years ago

      @Wicked_Jokezthat's flint: not magnesium

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    mrfussyballs - 2 years ago

    i wanna put magnesium on a joint to see what a fuck happens: poor fireman he took a dump on the suit

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    • Innvertigo

      Innvertigo - 2 years ago

      @mrfussyballsI want you to do that..: so we can thin out the idiots in the gene pool...

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    Kenny_Rulez - 2 years ago

    Guess: who just got owned

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    • gunnar500

      gunnar500 - 2 years ago

      @Kenny_Rulezok...tell us: Who got owned? The fireman didn't skip a beat!

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    wcfd661 - 2 years ago

    Where's is his SCBA?: Where's is his SCBA? Is this a what not to do video?

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  • spike1991

    spike1991 - 2 years ago

    wheels: all it is is that the car has magnesium alloys whick r 2 hot it reacts because they are getting rapidly cooled

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  • smokeaterusa

    smokeaterusa - 2 years ago

    Good ol' mag: It's always fun when you roll up on a vehicle fire, hit it,start putting a knock on the fire and dump 150 gpm(gallons per min.) on magnesium from 4 ft away when you're not expecting it. Vw and Jeep are famous for it. However if you're wearing the proper equip. you don't have to flinch because all it's gonna do is temporarily blind you.

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