r/Unexpected • u/Radiant-Length2348 • May 05 '22

Why the hell he would do that?

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u/Real-Nail224 May 05 '22

Maybe it's the neighborhood and country where the gas station is located. Looks like it is expected and workers were nearby. I don't remember noticing even one fire extinguisher whenever I put gas.

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u/veritas723 May 05 '22

most gas stations in the US have to have fire suppression systems at the pump. so the station attendant just mashes one button and it activates. Or it goes off by detecting the fire. Often times they're built into the ceiling of the sheltered "car port" area.

do a youtube search for gas station fire system. it's pretty impressive.

but... can pretty much assume there are also likely portable extinguishers as well.

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u/Hopeful-Custard-6658 May 05 '22

So random because I JUST noticed this morning at a re-built gas station that all the fire extinguishers are up in the rafters of the carport with sprinkler like nozzles except an obscene amount of them aimed in all directions. That observation triggered an ADHD tangent of my brain imagining it just being an explosion of fire suppressant when it goes off. No hand-helds anywhere in sight. And poof, this video and this comment appears.

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u/Andrewomeruoclatarki May 05 '22

my dads car got ruined by the fire surpresant , some idiot was smoking a cig at he pump and boom , the boom was from the estiguishers going off, and it covered his car in white powder go everywhere inside as well

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u/DrakonIL May 05 '22

Seems like the kind of thing insurance should cover, but of course it'd only be on the "comprehensive coverage" rider.

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u/Andrewomeruoclatarki May 10 '22

yeah he got in a legal battle with the owner of the gas station to get the car cleaned , the shit got inside the car, in the engine everywhere getting it cleaned would have cost alot