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Old 3rd Jul 2007, 01:15
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I am amazed to see that the Glasgow fire was being hosed to little effect with what appears to be water. Is there any reason why they didn't use the same foam that should be used for aircraft fires? They didn't seem to have nearly as much success as I did recently with a 1 kg of dry power.

I was always told that you didn't use water to put out a petrol fire.
I presume they'll were using the water to cool the propane gas cylinders to stop them exploding.
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