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Car Fire Explosion

This is video of a car fire on 94/61 in St. Paul from 09/07. Thanks to MNDOT for providing the footage.

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Comment by Andy Fossum on July 14, 2008 at 8:43am: I don't recall the back story as to what caused the car to explode. Just goes to show that you can't get complacent on "routine" calls. I did hear that the driver of the semi in the far left lane had his windows open when the explosion happened.
Stay safe.

Comment by Bob Franklin on July 13, 2008 at 8:50pm: EXCELLANT! Watch out for plastic fuel tanks! Good video to stress the importance of wearing ALL PPE and using proper size hose line to enable attack from a safe distance. It appears that this may have been the filler and fuel cap failure.Thanks for sharing!
Capt. BOB

Comment by bill noonan on July 13, 2008 at 12:49pm: impressive, gotta pay attention all the time...BILL

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