I have put out car fires along the road from the Long Island Expressway to highway 99 north of Bakersfield, California and several places in between. As a trucker I'm required to carry an extinguisher and I've gone through about a dozen of them on car fires (under the hood).
At 2:30 AM this morning I passed a car on U.S. 30 in Ames, Iowa with flames underneath it. It had gotten smoky inside and they were just pulling over as I came upon them. It appeared to be an oil leak on the exhaust but I didn't have time to diagnose it...just put out the fire and had to get down the road.
I don't have an extinguisher in my own car but that's going to change when I get home again. I was curious if anyone here carries one in your vehicle.
Headed out again tonight...safe travelling to everyone!
At 2:30 AM this morning I passed a car on U.S. 30 in Ames, Iowa with flames underneath it. It had gotten smoky inside and they were just pulling over as I came upon them. It appeared to be an oil leak on the exhaust but I didn't have time to diagnose it...just put out the fire and had to get down the road.
I don't have an extinguisher in my own car but that's going to change when I get home again. I was curious if anyone here carries one in your vehicle.
Headed out again tonight...safe travelling to everyone!