Truck Fire Ford SD 6.7

agesilaus wrote:

JRscooby wrote:
Sorry for you loss. I know it is too late now, but if instead of going for water you had disconnected the battery, the fire would of gone out. Team of firefighters at car fire, 1 tool to rip hood open, 1 hold extinguisher, another bolt cutters for battery cable.

It went from what seemed like a tiny fire to a big one in a matter of seconds. I tried to get the hood open but it was too hot to get to the latch underneath where the plastic grill was burning.

All my life I have made it a point, unless the hood was at risk of damage when open, I always make a point to have the hood open, just as a indication somebody might be moving around outside that vehicle, and not watching other traffic.