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sad day for this K5 - caught on fire
- Thread starter wazzabie
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fuel leak or electrical are the usual culprits...
gotblazers
1/2 ton status
I cant be the only one that saw this under related videos 
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I cant be the only one that saw this under related videos
scroll down to the bottom. looks like it may get restored
http://monsterphoto.iwarp.com/vbb2.htm
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Fingerless
1/2 ton status
I'm kinda curious how old this video is. The firefighter tactics are completely wrong!!! Suck about the blazer.
hunterguy86
1/2 ton status
X2.
No SCBA, bad approach and I hope that wasn't a red line. Sure looked like it though.
it says uploaded in 08.. this is a repost from a few yrs back... and after reading the comments on how fast it spread, i'll assume it was a fuel line failure, as they tend to be the ones that go quick...
My First K5, a '78, burned to the ground in 1989, a few months after I bought it.
Fuel pump sprang a leak while off-highway and caught it on fire...
Fuel pump sprang a leak while off-highway and caught it on fire...
Fingerless
1/2 ton status
Fingerless
1/2 ton status
I can say from personal experience most vehicle fire go quick and HOTTT..... Fuel is only the culprit a small percentege of the time. Theres just to much stuff in a vehicle that burns REALLY well. (Seats especially)
eh, I don't buy that at all.... it's mostly steel.. I've seen vehicle fires before.. it's not like a house... seen plenty of small containable ones that never get beyond the engine compartment... but yeah, once the interior goes, it's over... I once saw a 70's Caddy with the engine compartment FULLY engulfed, hoses, belts, plastic all dripping out the bottom, and it never got to the interior..
and the electrical ones tend to smolder/smoke first.. but when you get a fuel leak and the exhaust lights it off, it's usually an engulfed fireball in a hurry..... by the time the fire department gets there, an untouched one is of course a big fireball... not trying to diss a fireman, which I'm guessing you are, but I would assume by the time you guys roll up on a car fire, it's toast the majority of the time...
and the electrical ones tend to smolder/smoke first.. but when you get a fuel leak and the exhaust lights it off, it's usually an engulfed fireball in a hurry..... by the time the fire department gets there, an untouched one is of course a big fireball... not trying to diss a fireman, which I'm guessing you are, but I would assume by the time you guys roll up on a car fire, it's toast the majority of the time...
hunterguy86
1/2 ton status
What can be done to prevent a fire? Recently I replaced all of the fuel hoses (good thing because some were original and had started to crack near the tank). I replaced the tank, rusted hard lines and fuel pump. The fuel pump was an old AC Delco that had been sitting for decades. It works but maybe I should get a newer pump. I keep a fire extinguisher in the cab. It would be a big loss for me if the K5 went up in flames. I've put so much time and cash into it. Would there even be time to open the hood and put out the fire with the extinguisher? Maybe I should build some fire extinguishing equipment that could be operated remotely.
I kept 2 liter sodas in my burb before I parked it....handy lil fire extingushers...ask me how I know
Here is another one that shows the full length from when it caught on fire. They even tried to use a fire extinguisher at first but it still burned down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX50YvXvBrM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX50YvXvBrM
oil fire...
Reminds me that I need to get a fire extinguisher to mount in the Blazer somewhere...
Fingerless
1/2 ton status
X2!!!!!! Lol. Yea I have yet to roll up on scene and have it be a small one. Either the local P.D. Gets it out with an extinguisher or we end up dousing what's left of the frame
