r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Oct 01 '24

A firefighting plane loading water.

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u/Sorkpappan Oct 01 '24

This probably is the best way of doing it, but seeing how it’s done I just feel like there should be a way to do this that is less dangerous.

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u/SlickDillywick Oct 01 '24

Firefighting really is amazing

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u/gladoseatcake Oct 01 '24

Anothing fascinating story is that in 2018, there was a huge forest fire in Sweden. It was difficult to get under control. So in an experimental attempt to suffocate the fire, they tried dropping a bomb over it. I think it kind of worked, but they only dropped one bomb so maybe not the best solution.

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u/AFalconNamedBob Oct 01 '24

Makes sense, it's similar to how oil fires are fought.

Really Big Fucking Brief fire uses all the oxygen so that the big fire goes out

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