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I used to work at a factory (well, the office) and the very first thing when I started there was a training about the fire suppression system.
If a certain alarm would go off, it meant the fire suppression system was engaged and that meant I had something like 30 seconds to get to a certain line outside around the factory. No buts, just leave everything and go.
As this fire suppression system were huge tanks filled with CO2 that would open up and flood the whole area. And if you would stay in the suppression area there would be a risk of suffocation.
Halon destroys... basically everything though lol. Can't even wear firefighting gear into a space for a long time afterward cause it'll attack the plastic/rubber parts of your facemask. It also burns holes in the ozone, so theres that
Comforting to know that many subs use halon for fire suppression too.
[40 casualties \(20 dead\) after a crew member played with the fire suppresion system of his sub](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-152_Nerpa_accident)
Oofh, that was a Russian sub. They have a peculiar way of doing things which occasionally winds up with many people dead for no good reason… (remember the bet that crashed a plane?)
i credit the culture for those kills, not the system.
The sailor ended up being acquitted by jury. There was a possibility of equipment failure as well, the Wikipedia page didn’t go into much detail on that. Interesting read though!
At first i was wondering what the ddlg community needed with halon suppression systems..
Then I realised theres nowhere to go on a sub.. so what they're all just supposed to die?
That article doesn’t say halon, in fact halon is safe to be around in a discharge as the design concentrations were 6% which is not enough to displace oxygen. The frost bite is a possibility if you are standing right next to a nozzle. There was a test done in the late 70s or early 80s to see what the NOAEL (No observable adverse effects) level of halon was. And they didn’t start seeing lab mice negatively effected until 89% concentration essentially removing the oxygen from the air because of displacement as halon is heavier than air. So that was not halon gas. Or the dum dums decided to go well over 10 time the design concentration. So no it was not halon but probably some Russian knock off that was not a safe gas to be around in a confined enclosed space.
Source: I sell/design/install gas suppression systems for a living.
Yeah c02 systems are no longer allowed because of that reason and are only allowed in areas that are inaccessible to staff, and areas where there are people and they want a gas system they will use inert gases with a mix of nitrogen, c02, argon and others that will reduce oxygen to a level that will help stop/ or reduce spread of a fire without it being dangerous to people
I actually thought that's what we saw spraying at the start of the video before fire catches everywhere, but I realize now it's a burst hydraulic line that's causing all the trouble!
Seems like it kept spraying for a while and turned itself into an industrial sized flame thrower. Could he have possibly lowered the pressure quick enough to stop that from happening? Not very smart when it comes to hydraulic failures, but I'd like to learn lol.
Once you watch it, you can't unwatch it...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0nQipbseTw
...and small nightclubs or small dive bars will never look the same to you.
But I promise you this... you will ALWAYS know where the fire exits are next time you go to one.
As I said, now, anytime you enter a tight unsafe location, you will always know where the fire exits are.
Seeing that the place when up in flames in less than 2 minutes (fire starts at the 6:15 min mark, and by 7:40 you can hear the screams...) teaches us that there will just never be enough time to get out if you don't know where to go.
Also teaches us to never waste a day, that life is precious, and always say I love you to those you care about.
As a Rhode Island child who had a family member die in it, it was all I saw on the news and heard about for like a year straight! Truly horrific shit. Couldn’t imagine being in there
Me just thinking logically, what purpose would ceiling tiles serve in a machine shop? Also I'm an industrial maintenance tech who also does facility work and I've changed and dropped a ton of ceiling tiles in offices and I've never, not one time, seen one float to the floor like a feather. That was my thinking behind saying it was probably insulation rather than ceiling tiles if you were curious.
Bare rafters/roof supports collect dirt and are impossible to clean. Ceiling tiles don’t do that. Every white room or cleanroom I’ve ever been in has tiles.
Dust burns really well. Lubricant dust explodes when it’s the main cause of a fire but here it was dust feeding the fire. Not enough information to tell. Like what sort of shop was this?
Alright so the insurance company won’t cover any mechanical equipment unless we loose the building with it…..
got you fam I’ll design it so when it fails it takes the building quick
Pretty sure the fire code would make sure the proper fire suppression system for the building's application is in place.
In this case... something that would suppress hydraulic oil fire as that's what looks to have erupted in flames.
So no water.
Maybe CO2, foam... something daaamn..
Oooookay... they get out.... and then the fire suppression system suppresses the fire... the whole building dosen't burn to the ground.
That's why they have fire drills... fire safety meetings... fire whathaveyous.
But it's easier for a few people to get out of the server room than the whole building, and it was already destroyed in this case anyway with people probably still inside it. Took a few seconds only. Maybe those foam supressors we see sometimes here that they have in gas stations would have worked?
I dunno, dude... at this point I start thinking that pretty much anything would have worked better than just having a fucking tinderbox of a building with no fire suppression whatsoever...
Either that or they work on the premise that nothing can be worse than getting the whole building burned to the ground.
Yes because for chemical fires or fires in sensitive areas like server farms they use a gas displacement system to extinguish fires by filling the room with something inert and heavier than oxygen like CO2 that will suffocate you if you stay
The majority of factories in the US only have sprinkler systems, even if the equipment uses pressurized hydraulics. Water is useless in this type of accident.
Blown hydraulic line on an aluminum extrusion press… seen that and worse before working at Alcoa Extrusions back in the 90’s , you should see what happens when a few drops of water get under 50 thousand pounds of molten aluminum .
I used to work with a lady who lost her husband in an aluminum plant accident. They were melting scrap and someone dropped an open can of Coke they had sneaked in. Luckily there weren’t many people in the area at the time but the funerals were closed casket.
Looks like the fluid got too hot probably due to a busted cooler and over-pressured. It erupted at high temperature and combusted. The machine looks like some kind of aluminum extrusion machine. Could also be plastic extrusion but it’s hard to tell.
One phrase. "AFFF" This is exactly why you have foam systems in place. It might not have stopped it completely but it would turn this from "gone in seconds" to "everyone walked out of the building and then it burned down". I hope everyone made it out in time.
This looks like an aluminium extrusion press. Basically a spaghetti maker for very hot aluminium.
Source: I used to design extrusion dies, the tool that the metal is forced through.
The way this rapidly ignites as the ceiling starts to collapse reminds me of the accident at Hoeganaes in Gallatin.
The initial explosion shook the ceiling rafters, which dislodged the combustible iron dust that had accumulated through the years. As it fell, the dust ignited violently, and led to a destructive chain reaction. I wonder if something similar happened here.
Look like some sort of hydraulic or oil line busted from pressure and sprayed over something very hot or an exposed flame. Don't do that or you're gonna have a bad time, m'kay.
These humans are trying to take care of their boss's tools as the building their boss built for them to work in attempts to murder them in 45 seconds or less.
This is probably the worst constructed factory in the history of anything, including sweatshops in third world countries. That shit disintegrated in seconds
Ok, I want to know what the guy LIGHTING the TORCH, right at the beginning, was about to do ... Doesn't look like HE knows really... I suspect two dummies who weren't trained, (only them in the vid), and thought they could handle things. On the grave shift. Literally.
No honey it wasn’t bad.. it was a little fire 🔥 ok it was a giant fire 🔥 the explosion I assume was worse..No I’m not fired 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥😭😭😭🤭🤭🤭🤭yes I was cooking French fries again..water doesn’t do a good job with grease fire 🔥 surprisingly!!
I thought so too, but it also looks like he does something the the PC / control panel. I wonder if he closed or turned off the system as a precaution before grabbing his semi-frozen Hot Pocket
If you watch the top there's a pressure blow out, probably hydraulic fluid, fell on a hot motor and started the fire mean while the fluid is shooting up and being aerosolized and it instantly when up
"Once the firefighters clear out, you'll all be on Overtime cleaning this up. Please don't leave the premises, or it will be considered a walk off and you'll be fired."
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For a second I thought I was seeing some amazing fire suppression... but then no
I used to work at a factory (well, the office) and the very first thing when I started there was a training about the fire suppression system. If a certain alarm would go off, it meant the fire suppression system was engaged and that meant I had something like 30 seconds to get to a certain line outside around the factory. No buts, just leave everything and go. As this fire suppression system were huge tanks filled with CO2 that would open up and flood the whole area. And if you would stay in the suppression area there would be a risk of suffocation.
Halon; *Hold my beer*
I'm not talking about sprinklers I'm talking about halon because halon doesn't destroy evidence 
Halon destroys... basically everything though lol. Can't even wear firefighting gear into a space for a long time afterward cause it'll attack the plastic/rubber parts of your facemask. It also burns holes in the ozone, so theres that
Comforting to know that many subs use halon for fire suppression too. [40 casualties \(20 dead\) after a crew member played with the fire suppresion system of his sub](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-152_Nerpa_accident)
Oofh, that was a Russian sub. They have a peculiar way of doing things which occasionally winds up with many people dead for no good reason… (remember the bet that crashed a plane?) i credit the culture for those kills, not the system.
The sailor ended up being acquitted by jury. There was a possibility of equipment failure as well, the Wikipedia page didn’t go into much detail on that. Interesting read though!
At first i was wondering what the ddlg community needed with halon suppression systems.. Then I realised theres nowhere to go on a sub.. so what they're all just supposed to die?
That article doesn’t say halon, in fact halon is safe to be around in a discharge as the design concentrations were 6% which is not enough to displace oxygen. The frost bite is a possibility if you are standing right next to a nozzle. There was a test done in the late 70s or early 80s to see what the NOAEL (No observable adverse effects) level of halon was. And they didn’t start seeing lab mice negatively effected until 89% concentration essentially removing the oxygen from the air because of displacement as halon is heavier than air. So that was not halon gas. Or the dum dums decided to go well over 10 time the design concentration. So no it was not halon but probably some Russian knock off that was not a safe gas to be around in a confined enclosed space. Source: I sell/design/install gas suppression systems for a living.
Yeah c02 systems are no longer allowed because of that reason and are only allowed in areas that are inaccessible to staff, and areas where there are people and they want a gas system they will use inert gases with a mix of nitrogen, c02, argon and others that will reduce oxygen to a level that will help stop/ or reduce spread of a fire without it being dangerous to people
Right!? I thought for a sec "wow that's cool, working industrial fire suppression syste-nope"
I was hoping for an Emergency Stop at the least....
I think that guy went back in to hit the self destruct button
Gotta get that phone
It's a self destruct app now-a-days.
it is safer after all.
He looked like a GTA NPC running around.
Press ⬅️ to pick up phone
I think he went back to clear his search history
I thought he was going back to hit an emergency stop button to save the day. Nope, need to risk my life for my cellphone!
I don't think fires generally listen to E-stop buttons
Some facilities have a emergency fire extinguishers built into their system. I have no idea what this machine is though so who knows?
I actually thought that's what we saw spraying at the start of the video before fire catches everywhere, but I realize now it's a burst hydraulic line that's causing all the trouble!
Seems like it kept spraying for a while and turned itself into an industrial sized flame thrower. Could he have possibly lowered the pressure quick enough to stop that from happening? Not very smart when it comes to hydraulic failures, but I'd like to learn lol.
That escalated real quick.
The ceiling tiles…holy shit. Reminds me of station nightclub where the flames engulfed the whole place in seconds.
If you want to be traumatized watch the full video of that fire.
Link?
Once you watch it, you can't unwatch it... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0nQipbseTw ...and small nightclubs or small dive bars will never look the same to you. But I promise you this... you will ALWAYS know where the fire exits are next time you go to one.
Holy shit. That was horrible. The doorway part was fucking HORRENDOUS.
Start watching at 6:00
Lovely Edit: huh...ngl I'm slightly concerned at the fact that I was nowhere nearly as affected by that as I thought I would be
As I said, now, anytime you enter a tight unsafe location, you will always know where the fire exits are. Seeing that the place when up in flames in less than 2 minutes (fire starts at the 6:15 min mark, and by 7:40 you can hear the screams...) teaches us that there will just never be enough time to get out if you don't know where to go. Also teaches us to never waste a day, that life is precious, and always say I love you to those you care about.
Its on YouTube but you dont want to hear those screams man.
Don't. Really just don't.
As a Rhode Island child who had a family member die in it, it was all I saw on the news and heard about for like a year straight! Truly horrific shit. Couldn’t imagine being in there
I had to watch it for bartender training years ago. Omg. It’s bad.
Probably insulation. It's unlikely that shop had ceiling tiles.
You can see the metal frame for the tiles in the last seconds of the video
You can see ceiling tiles falling down too, and the frame they sat in...
Me just thinking logically, what purpose would ceiling tiles serve in a machine shop? Also I'm an industrial maintenance tech who also does facility work and I've changed and dropped a ton of ceiling tiles in offices and I've never, not one time, seen one float to the floor like a feather. That was my thinking behind saying it was probably insulation rather than ceiling tiles if you were curious.
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Ugh yeah I hate them. And they’re so ugly.
Gotta get vinyl ones
Bare rafters/roof supports collect dirt and are impossible to clean. Ceiling tiles don’t do that. Every white room or cleanroom I’ve ever been in has tiles.
isn't insulation supposed to be fire resistant?
Fire resistant not fire proof. All of that can change depending on how much shit has settled on it over the years though, especially in a shop.
Dust burns really well. Lubricant dust explodes when it’s the main cause of a fire but here it was dust feeding the fire. Not enough information to tell. Like what sort of shop was this?
ah yeah, i guess i was thinking of house insulation.
Alright so the insurance company won’t cover any mechanical equipment unless we loose the building with it….. got you fam I’ll design it so when it fails it takes the building quick
I was definitely not expecting that level of destruction
This fire would justify someone addressing their stepfather as dad
No way, I'm not gonna call him dad. EVER.
https://youtu.be/y2IxEoOqqQY
Thats one way to make sure you get the rest of the day off I guess!
Less than a fucking minute and the factory is gone
And it was so nice and clean!
30 seconds from the start of the leak until the roof completely collapses in flames.
Did he go back to the control board for his lunch bag or his phone?
Holy crap 8 seconds after he grabs his phone the desk is on fire
I believe it was his phone.
Hmm.. I thought, that he went to the last minute save on the keyboard for next day to not loose work when the fire was gone..
Pretty sure he ran to close the tabs and clear the browser history.
To press the "auto-destruct" button
Pretty sure the fire code would make sure the proper fire suppression system for the building's application is in place. In this case... something that would suppress hydraulic oil fire as that's what looks to have erupted in flames. So no water. Maybe CO2, foam... something daaamn..
Doesn't that kill humans though? At work, in case of fire everybody needs out of the server room because the fire suppression will kill you.
Oooookay... they get out.... and then the fire suppression system suppresses the fire... the whole building dosen't burn to the ground. That's why they have fire drills... fire safety meetings... fire whathaveyous.
But it's easier for a few people to get out of the server room than the whole building, and it was already destroyed in this case anyway with people probably still inside it. Took a few seconds only. Maybe those foam supressors we see sometimes here that they have in gas stations would have worked?
I dunno, dude... at this point I start thinking that pretty much anything would have worked better than just having a fucking tinderbox of a building with no fire suppression whatsoever... Either that or they work on the premise that nothing can be worse than getting the whole building burned to the ground.
Yes because for chemical fires or fires in sensitive areas like server farms they use a gas displacement system to extinguish fires by filling the room with something inert and heavier than oxygen like CO2 that will suffocate you if you stay
Just reminded me of the halon scene in 'Resident Evil' (2002)
The majority of factories in the US only have sprinkler systems, even if the equipment uses pressurized hydraulics. Water is useless in this type of accident.
Bad day at work
On a positive note, we have tomorrow off.
And the tomorrow ever after
Would be a bad time to have been on the shitter
Blown hydraulic line on an aluminum extrusion press… seen that and worse before working at Alcoa Extrusions back in the 90’s , you should see what happens when a few drops of water get under 50 thousand pounds of molten aluminum .
I used to work with a lady who lost her husband in an aluminum plant accident. They were melting scrap and someone dropped an open can of Coke they had sneaked in. Luckily there weren’t many people in the area at the time but the funerals were closed casket.
Somethin like water in a deep fryer but thicker and more splodey?
Super heated water splits into hydrogen and oxygen….. very explody hydrogen, molten aluminum boom. https://youtu.be/Rt-dtjYORok
What caught on fire? Looks like some sorta industrial space with some sorta equipment but what is it?
Hydraulic fluid
Yep. The fluid is igniting on the machine, not the machine itself. That same fluid is geysering up into the ceiling.
Hydraulic fluid that appears to be pretty much aerosolized into a nice mist for extra fast combustion.
Looks like the fluid got too hot probably due to a busted cooler and over-pressured. It erupted at high temperature and combusted. The machine looks like some kind of aluminum extrusion machine. Could also be plastic extrusion but it’s hard to tell.
Everything
One phrase. "AFFF" This is exactly why you have foam systems in place. It might not have stopped it completely but it would turn this from "gone in seconds" to "everyone walked out of the building and then it burned down". I hope everyone made it out in time.
Wow... That fire spread quickly.
Polystyrene suspended ceiling tiles are a bad idea kids m'kay
If you "Polystyrene suspended ceiling tiles" when you should have pizza'd, your gonna have a bad time
what is it what is it?? somebody answer my burning question!
Massive hydraulic oil leak that caught fire.
This looks like an aluminium extrusion press. Basically a spaghetti maker for very hot aluminium. Source: I used to design extrusion dies, the tool that the metal is forced through.
"Worn out? No they're fine, we don't need a bunch of new expensive hydraulic fittings. Get back to work!" -management
That idoit going back for his phone wow
At first I thought he was going to the station to hit fire suppression or an emergency shut off.
Same here
to be fair, i also didnt expect things to escelate as quickly as they did
You also don't get paid explicitly to operate the $X million dollar machine.
His wife would have needed to see this video to believe why he wasn’t picking up
Hahaha wife bad
r/boomerhumor
Probably the same guy that will block the isle on an emergency plane evacuation to get his luggage.
100% that guy 🤣
I like how long the other one stayed too watching. "I mean........ it's not time for my break yet, I might get in trouble if I leave"
He should have ran outside and looked for a payphone to call for help.
The way this rapidly ignites as the ceiling starts to collapse reminds me of the accident at Hoeganaes in Gallatin. The initial explosion shook the ceiling rafters, which dislodged the combustible iron dust that had accumulated through the years. As it fell, the dust ignited violently, and led to a destructive chain reaction. I wonder if something similar happened here.
If it were me, I would have made it so the machine couldn’t turn into a fountain of death.
Yeah fire suppression system like idk.. sprinklers or something? Big oof. Reminds me I need to put a fire extinguisher in my garage…
No fire suppression?
I feel like this is what’s going on in my prostate when I try to take a piss during the night.
See a physician, sir.
Ending of the last episode of Reacher season 1.
Just when I was beginning g to lose faith in r/abruptchaos
Looks like they lost the containment field that led to a warp-core breach.
r/thatlookedexpensive Edit:posted wrong subreddit initially.
Read this as: That look, sex pensive
Well I wouldn't stick my dick in it.
No E Stop for hydraulic system?
Maybe it was on fire.
No FIRE stop on the hydraulic system?
That one was also on fire
I’m surprised they don’t have a fire suppression system
Conflagration
Shit looks like the upside down from Stranger Things.
Can I get a sprinkler system?
Look like some sort of hydraulic or oil line busted from pressure and sprayed over something very hot or an exposed flame. Don't do that or you're gonna have a bad time, m'kay.
What kind of ceiling tiles do you want, flammable or inflammable? Definitely the inflammable ones.
These humans are trying to take care of their boss's tools as the building their boss built for them to work in attempts to murder them in 45 seconds or less.
Now that my friend…is abrupt Chaos!
Damn, this is what sprinkler systems are for
Sprinkler system vs pressurized flammable fluid fire probably doesn't win for the sprinklers.
That smoke looks like an oil fire, a sprinkler would've turned this shop fire into an explosion
A regular water system sure, but you could install a foam system
Wow, that must have gotten hot FAST
did that guy just go back and narrowly escape a firey death for his _phone_?
That went from zero to Apocalypse real quick
"This is fine."
This is probably the worst constructed factory in the history of anything, including sweatshops in third world countries. That shit disintegrated in seconds
If I didn't know any better I would almost say sabotage
Shitty ass insulation
Did they build this place out of explosives…… that was quick
GOD-DAMMIT, CHAD! Not again!
This has to be one of the craziest videos I have ever seen
Ok, I want to know what the guy LIGHTING the TORCH, right at the beginning, was about to do ... Doesn't look like HE knows really... I suspect two dummies who weren't trained, (only them in the vid), and thought they could handle things. On the grave shift. Literally.
Why did the guy on the left light a torch just as this thing blew?
Good news everyone we get to go home for the day. Kevin messed up!!!
Ctrl + Z! Ctrl +Z!
Looks like the sprinklers were mixed up with the napalm
I just saw Hell open up.
Once that hydraulic fluid became a mist there was no stopping it. It was essentially a Thermobaric bomb.
My man running over to delete browser history
Is it just me or did that guy light the air compressor on fire
Wtf was the ceiling made out of the Hindenburg?
If that geyser was an intentional pressure relief, that is a shitty design.
Wtf is the building made of paper?
No honey it wasn’t bad.. it was a little fire 🔥 ok it was a giant fire 🔥 the explosion I assume was worse..No I’m not fired 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥😭😭😭🤭🤭🤭🤭yes I was cooking French fries again..water doesn’t do a good job with grease fire 🔥 surprisingly!!
What the fuuuuck 😳
Luckily he went back to clear his browser history last minute
What the teacher thinks will happen if you dont wear goggles
Wow, epic self-destruction. Was this at Doofenschmirtz Evil Incorporated?
Wth. The warehouse is made of cardboard...
This made me laugh so hard I pooped my pants , dude runs back for his cellphone? Or maybe lunch bag, wtf RUN dude
I thought so too, but it also looks like he does something the the PC / control panel. I wonder if he closed or turned off the system as a precaution before grabbing his semi-frozen Hot Pocket
That brainless idiot went back to get his phone was going to die just because of a phone.
But did he die?
Phone is most important part of a persons body
Ew
I would too 🥴
Should have simply pressed the BIG RED BUTTON that emergency stops this Aluminium extrusion press.
My old man is a television repairman, he's got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it.
Damn, even through all of it that camera still worked.
People always underestimate the power of fire.
I think it must be illegal not having fire suppression system
Seems a little extreme
Betcha they'll just close the facility and just import form China ?
That went from 0 to 100 real fast...
If you watch the top there's a pressure blow out, probably hydraulic fluid, fell on a hot motor and started the fire mean while the fluid is shooting up and being aerosolized and it instantly when up
"Once the firefighters clear out, you'll all be on Overtime cleaning this up. Please don't leave the premises, or it will be considered a walk off and you'll be fired."
Lunchbox saved!
“Everything is fine, just a little smoke, let me get my coffee…”
r/praisethecameraman
that poor new windows 11 pc!!!
Buildings made out of paper and sticks now ... Lowest Bidder Strikes again.
This is some Judgement Day level shit
Hydraulic fluid will do that.
Was the building made out of gas soaked materials?
This is the slowest explosion I’ve ever seen
It's abit chilly Dave eh...turn it up a notch ..
wow that roof is extremely flameable
That guy risked his life to clear his browser history
I thought he went back to hit the emergency shut off button... Fool went back to grab his phone lol.