Ansley Rover
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Just thought I would share. No one was hurt. Thursday, I pulled up on this modern Range Rover and it was just smoking a little. But I could tell it was more than just steam. So I got out with a small fire extinguisher. The guy was there and got his dog out. But the hood wasn’t open and there was really nothing I could do without significant danger. It started smoking much more and much thicker very quickly. The flames started shooting out underneath and we backed away. It turned into this:
This picture doesn’t even do justice to the inferno it became. Here’s the aftermath:
It was shocking to me how quickly it accelerated. The cops took 10 minutes to arrive after I called 911 and the firetruck took another 5 minutes. Like the old saying goes: when seconds count, help is only minutes away. Another thing I learned, if you have smoke, get that hood open. By the time I got there, it wasn’t prudent to be searching for a release and messing with a hood latch.
This picture doesn’t even do justice to the inferno it became. Here’s the aftermath:
It was shocking to me how quickly it accelerated. The cops took 10 minutes to arrive after I called 911 and the firetruck took another 5 minutes. Like the old saying goes: when seconds count, help is only minutes away. Another thing I learned, if you have smoke, get that hood open. By the time I got there, it wasn’t prudent to be searching for a release and messing with a hood latch.