The web is awash in movies of youngsters throwing or dropping soda bottles just for them to grow to be little rockets. I didn’t notice that would additionally occur with hearth extinguishers.

A video lately posted to Reddit reveals what occurs when a fireplace extinguisher is dropped. The quick clip opens on an already chaotic scene, as a automobile stopped at an intersection is slowly consumed by hearth.

A person in a blue shirt makes an attempt to do what appears solely wise given the circumstances and tries to make use of a fireplace extinguisher on the automobile. Sadly, within the warmth of the second, the extinguisher slips out of his fingers and lands on the bottom.

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As this occurs, harm is completed to the extinguisher and it develops a severe leak. The contents shoot out with such drive that the canister begins spinning and flies up into the air, spooking the individuals who had been close by making an attempt to assist.

The canister is propelled excessive sufficient to simply fly a number of instances greater than a close-by two-story constructing and off into the space. It’s nearly unbelievable how the fireplace extinguisher flies away and the onlookers look like as surprised as they’re quietly awed by the spectacle of it.

Sadly, I think about that, as spectacular as this was, it was dangerous information for everybody concerned. The proprietor of the car on hearth should not have appreciated dropping their one technique of extinguishing the fireplace. Whoever was nearest to the extinguisher when it landed little question had fairly a fright, too, as I don’t think about that steel canister arcing via the air lands very gently when it comes down.