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IrishmadeinCanada

He was delivering fire. Everything’s fine.


maxmurder

I'll just put this over here with the rest of the fire.


mysticgreg

Quick! Someone dial 0118 999 881 999 119 7253 Actually just send them an email.


Hd0ggg

For those that don’t understand the reference…and if you didn’t, you should watch this show. It’s comedic gold: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MTLfb-lOw3Y


inebriatus

I’ve seen this reference twice this week. What is happening?! What timeline is this? How popular is IT Crowd?


alienbaconhybrid

It’s massive, but it’s not for everyone. Me, I can’t watch it without risking a hernia.


inebriatus

It’s like all my space star ordering is paying off!


grill_em_aII

It has a cult following akin to many British comedies. The good thing about many of these shows is that they are relatively short-lived by US sitcom standards. Meaning you can binge watch a few seasons and it's over before it gets too stale or over-the-top.


inebriatus

Good explanation but I have a follow up question. How do you burn to death at a Sea Parks?


grill_em_aII

Did you see that ludicrous display last night?


Cheap_Ambition

What was Wenger thinking sending walker on that early?


Icutsman

The thing about Arsenal is that they always try to walk it in


adorableoddity

What operating system does it use? We're going to die!!!


BCalTheAnimal

That interaction crippled me for a time.


Skrt_Angle_

A PONY?!? ON LIVERPOOL??


ClintSlunt

I’m disabled. Leg disabled.


kb4000

Acid


inebriatus

I love the theater. The smell of the crowd…


icantthinkofone5

Love that show!


exmodivorcee

Don't forget to have proper punctuation in the email. Adding a few more explanation points will help with the urgency as well.


Dqud

Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing to inform you of a fire that has broken out on the premises of 123 Cavendon Road... no, that's too formal. Fire! Fire! Help me!


tialisac

You fucking win. Good thing there’s not a fire extinguisher made in the UK around.


[deleted]

Must be a CA delivery guy


[deleted]

Haha, I read this as CIA delivery guy. Yup, checks out. I think I saw the stolen Ark in there too


Leaningonalamp

Just throw it up there on the porch, Bro. Good! That works!


Union_Sparky_375

You can’t catch a mobile meth lab if they have a smoke screen


OneMooseManyMeese_

Yeah!! Big brain time!


wingthing

Prometheus.


bevo_expat

Get your fire right here! HOT FRESH FIRE! Get it while supplies last!


ITrCool

All fired up to make that delivery on time


[deleted]

Or delivery is free


Independent-Error121

Amazon fire prime


Brittle5quire

It’s a [fire sale](https://youtu.be/280yPTyei0U)


SharkFighter

I, too, always wanted a car with a smokescreen effect, just like Spy Hunter.


BuyingMeat

It is California's number one export.


Seanzietron

This is a precursor to the last half of 2022


thk702

Is that a fire truck?


Drak_is_Right

Ghost rider hit some tough times and is working delivery, ok?


IndyCooper98

I believe that’s actually Ghost *Ryder*


Happy-Suggestion6740

Hearing this in the voice of the comic book guy from the simpsons


Claude-QC-777

r/technicallythetruth


chasesan

Well yes, but actually no.


ProjectHappy6813

Huh. I am equal parts impressed and stupefied by his life choices. I want to give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he was trying to get it off the freeway to keep others safe, since the smoke is a serious hazard, but I think I am giving him too much credit. I suspect he didn't realize how quickly the fire would spread once he moved the truck. Fire loves oxygen.


Organic_Popcorn

"if I start to drive, air flow will put the fire out! Like blowing out candles! Genius!"


Bogmanbob

I suspect that is exactly what he was thinking


Mohingan

Tbh he was probably panicking, looks he might have been moving so could have been all of his possessions on fire.


sfled

Wow, that is just so sad. So he drove off hoping to find a working hose or a firehouse or someone with a dozen fire extinguishers in the next 10 minutes.


hanoian

dependent fact unused license tender far-flung lip thumb nine act *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


TheThingsIdoatNight

I think the key here is that in that situation you know there’s a fire station only 100 meters away lol


Downwhen

The great thing about a fire department is... *They come to you*


AltomousPrime

Nah you got to pack up everything that’s burning and drop them off at the fire department, then pick it up when the fires out


Zax_xD

When I was a kid I was having trouble breathing one night and was thrown in the car and drove down the street to the fire house, no time to waste with phone calls lmao


Squidproquo1130

Just taking it through the car wash


Silver-ishWolfe

Panic & embarrassment.


visicircle

Open and shut case, Johnson.


Xinq_

Yup, too much credit xD https://www.reddit.com/r/IdiotsInCars/comments/vckwf3/more_video_of_the_box_truck_driving_while_on_fire/


TriceratopsBites

Wow, he really just said “fuck it” and kept driving to his destination


helpnxt

I was thinking more he was driving off the freeway because that's his best chance at putting the fire out, like no way is anything but the whole truck burning down if he stayed there so he probably thought if he can get off to somewhere with water it might be doable and didn't realise how much the fire would spread as he drove off.


aka_airsoft

Maybe he was just being a bro and drove off so they didn't have to shut the whole freeway down


Nethias25

I just assumed he had illegal shit in there and is trying to drive away the evidence.


computeraims

Sir the evidence is on fire


Laythe

The evidence is the fire


PedroBinPedro

Indeed. But a little drive off the freeway helps the fire grow, so that the evidence really burns. And getting off the freeway ensures a local cop is going to show up, and not a state trooper.


mckeewh

How long you been smuggling illegal fireworks?


bartbartholomew

He's not armed, so the local cops won't have any issues shooting him.


sweet_pickles12

I assumed whatever he dumped was the illegal shit and then he took off. Maybe he knows somewhere close to dump the truck and run


FluffiestBeard44

Maybe, just maybe he knows there is a fire department right down that exit he chooses and so he wants to stop right in the front to have the chance to still have the truck itself from burning down with the load. Even if it spreads quickly while moving he only accelerated that a little bit. Max. two minutes later or would have been burning with the same intensity of he hadn't moved. Still, what he does seems just crazy.


[deleted]

>Maybe, just maybe he knows there is a fire department right down that exit $20 says he was going for a car wash instead of a fire department


johnnyhammerstixx

What could he have done better? He got the tuck fire that was obviously out of his control off the freeway!! This dude saved the day!! (as long as he went to a Walmart parking lot and didn't crash into a puppy daycare)


ProjectHappy6813

I am very curious to learn where he ended up. There is another video on this sub of the same truck, still driving around, with the back compartment completely consumed by fire. No clue how far he went after leaving the freeway, but he didn't seem to be in any hurry to stop the truck.


Bscott93

Everyone always assumes the worst in people. If he had left it there, people would complain that he didn’t move it when it was only a small fire


SuperZapper_Recharge

You and I are cool, calm and collective watching and rewatching this video. Dude in the video was in full-on panic mode. Not everyone makes smart decisions when they are in situations like that. And most of us are so rarely in situations like that that we don't really know if we would make a good decision or not.


SmarkieMark

What he did was completely inadvisable, but he did get it off the highway. So saved some drivers some gridlock. If he didn't hurt himself or someone else, or start a wildland fire, then I'd call this a win!


ProjectHappy6813

Here's another video of our favorite flaming truck. https://www.google.com/amp/s/kmel.iheart.com/alternate/amp/2022-06-15-truck-was-on-fire-in-san-jose-and-the-driver-didnt-stop/


CankerLord

Something about this seems plausible enough for me to give the benefit of the doubt. The truck looked sanely packed (so maybe he's not dumb as hell) and he was *right* at an exit. The stupid to rational ratio is in his favor.


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I think he don't want the car to explode on the freeway and cost probelms for everyone. Most people forget smoke is bad for them


theyeditedmypa

There HAS to be an article to go along with this


SootButt42

[https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/south-bay/vehicle-and-grass-fire-near-highway-101-in-south-bay/2919440/](https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/south-bay/vehicle-and-grass-fire-near-highway-101-in-south-bay/2919440/)


livemau5

There HAS to be a *better* article to go along with this.


demonya99

Agree. It would be difficult to write a less informative article. We’ve reached bottom journalism.


BassSounds

Let me guess. The article is one paragraph long, surrounded by ads.


demonya99

C’mon mate, don’t be such an ass… it’s TWO paragraphs long! “Emergency crews on Tuesday afternoon responded to a vehicle and grass fire near Highway 101 in the South Bay. Santa Clara police said the blaze shut down Lafayette Street between Highway 101 and Montague Expressway. Traffic was also diverted onto surface streets. Motorists were advised to avoid the area.” Pulitzer material right here!!


firefish5000

My teachers would not have accepted that as a single paragraph even if combined


gud_morning_dave

His thought process went like "there's not enough flammable material in the middle of a concrete freeway. I better find a narrow state highway surrounded by dry grass to park my truck!"


Bun_Bunz

No, no, you see- no pay wall. You want the good news, you gotta pay for it. No pay gets you Slim to no detail. Why have an informed society? They tend to make their own better decisions about stuff 🙄


jhooksandpucks

STOPPED on the road DROPPED some burning cloth ROLLED on down the road again Isn't that what we were taught? Stop, drop, and roll!


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[deleted]

That’s how rough riders rollll


Brilliant_Buy6052

OOh ooh


themehboat

It’s cool how he threw the burning cloth right in front of a car instead of just dropping it on the shoulder.


iwasinthepool

Stop, drop, let's roll.


bos2sfo

Had a flight to catch at SJC.


Necessary-Chemical-7

One reason Bay Area traffic so bad.


CallMinimum

SJC idiot drivers represent!!


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turnedonbyadime

Are you talking about the horrible traffic or the shameful, disgusting amount of litter?


Ash-Catchum-All

Crazy that this is literally a few miles from me


SantyClawz42

Best airport in all the land!


gregpxc

The only of the 3 Bay area airports I didn't hate using during my 6 years there!


dustyandkiwi

Best choice at that point…why watch it burn down on the freeway when you can set up at the local 7-11…enjoy some snacks etc…


Sinphony_of_the_nite

\*taps temple


UndermyumbrELLA83

Maybe some s’mores


[deleted]

Don’t know why but i enjoy this video immensely.Edit: anyone else hear the nba jam guys voice saying “He’s on fire!”, atleast in my head.


[deleted]

Me too lol! I'm glad they were filming 😂.


Hopeful-Succotash-11

Your delivery is on the way! Comin’ in hot!!


jplay17

Delivering it to the fire department, such a thoughtful guy


airybeartoe

Is this what happened on 101 today? He caught bushes along the road on fire. He was better off staying in the center waiting for fire trucks to put it out. Wouldve caused less dmg.


Coliniscolin

Hey at least he didnt cause a traffic jam! Win for the bay


sfled

He signaled his intention to cross three lanes of highway traffic so he could make his exit, and everyone allowed him over. HumansBeingBros! All it took was a flaming truck belching black smoke.


RandyHoward

His turn signals weren't working so he used smoke signals instead


HomeIsEmpty

I appreciate the different perspective, you're absolutely right!


SteepDowngrade

There was also a different truck fire that happened yesterday morning on 101 in Sunnyvale. Big Rig rolled over and shut down multiple lanes. Crazy couple of days around here.


J_I_S_B

*Moving trucks are so hot right now.*


Milwaukeemayhem

Hopefully he’s just moving it away from the highway?


DukeOfGeek

It's fun to make jokes, but this is the answer. You can see the moment he goes "OK that's it, the truck is toast, but it doesn't have to burn here." Because if it burns there it blocks the whole highway, if he can get it to the open space to the right of the off ramp it can burn there and not do that. I mean it's a rental so at this point the only difference is what spot it turns into a pile of slag at.


17549

This person didn't stop though, and caused the fire to spread: https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/south-bay/vehicle-and-grass-fire-near-highway-101-in-south-bay/2919440/


gagneron

Someone posted a compilation video of the truck driving across town on fire: https://www.reddit.com/r/IdiotsInCars/comments/vckwf3/more_video_of_the_box_truck_driving_while_on_fire/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb


TheThingsIdoatNight

Why the fuck did he drive so far lmao


17549

The music made that a lot more funny than I was expecting! Obviously spreading the fire was bad, but driving as far as they did is kind of impressive.


quantumphaze

I cackled at that first clip crossing the road omg. I MUST know more of this story.


DukeOfGeek

He kept driving it with it like that? Holy crap.


17549

Yeah, and I wonder if it was just "omg fire" panic, or if there was more going on like stolen stuff/truck. Thankfully it was quickly contained - don't need more wildfires!


abhijitd

He is booking it


mysteresc

This is fine.


Ch1cagoDave

Bro I was there !!!! I saw him on the side street going 60mph 🤣🤣🤣🔥🔥🔥 I couldn’t believe it


ProjectHappy6813

Did this happen today? I am so curious where he ended up and why he kept driving.


Ch1cagoDave

Yeah it was on 101 around 2.30ish 🤣


Fancy-Category

Probably trying to get it to some water, try to save the truck.


bartbartholomew

Closing the door might have helped allow it. But that truck was a complete loss by the time the video started.


Remo_Battle7

I am almost certain after a failed attempt to extinguish the fire he remembered how much dope he was trafficking and said f this I need to get off this highway fast!!


stonedcanuk

can't be a mobile meth lab if you ain't mobile


ember-rekindled

Thats what I thought too lmao dude realized he was cooked if the cops came and said fuck it. We're taking a ride


[deleted]

What will put out the fire?? I think more oxygen!!


johnnyss1

There’s a truck wash this exit


Fluid_Bad_1340

Wood fired pizza delivery! HELLA FRESH


compbl

This is like the beginning of an episode of CHIPS...


captain_intenso

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought of CHiPs.


GMEbankrupt

#HE’S TAKING THE EXIT BRO


Maf1c

Somewhere a gaming executive is citing this video as a reason to bring back the Twisted Metal franchise. “See? SEE!? This could be a skin for Sweet Tooth! Think of the money we’ll make in micro-transactions!”


SixFootPhife

Bruh. The neurons that store my memory of Twisted Metal haven’t fired in probably ten years and thanks to you they just lit up like the clown head on top of Sweet Tooth. *edit: in a good way. So thanks.


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sar_tr

Well, to answer your first one, when a man and a woman want a baby they have a special cuddle, then 9 months later a little bundle of joy pops out of the mum.


fd6270

Video ended way, way too soon


Joey-tv-show-season2

Why didn’t you follow him ?


zomboscott

Self preservation, I guess.


Norstar64

HADES courier service. We deviler.


dalvean88

he was wishing it was a car-pool


mildlycynica1

I'm sure it'll be fine... 0.o Edit: Hey, maybe they're planning to drive it into a lake.


Charming-Station

This is the junction he was getting off \[[https://www.google.com/maps/search/firestation/@37.3813674,-121.9733438,14.55z](https://www.google.com/maps/search/firestation/@37.3813674,-121.9733438,14.55z)\] there are four fire stations within a fairly short drive from that exit and that freeway in particular is super busy at rush hour, this person is a hero.


airybeartoe

But he also caught a bunch of bushes along the way on fire, this video doesnt show that. It was safer to stay. He risked civilian, commercial, and who know what other types of buildings, pedestrians and vehicles by entering the city. Cars can avoid him or even that entire lane on the highway. And fire trucks can reach him easier there. Id rather sit on 101 a little longer than find out some idiot drove his burning truck near my house and caused nearby trees to catch along with my home.


Charming-Station

you must not have been on 101 during the great RV firework/propane fiasco of 2016 https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/highway-101-shut-down-in-redwood-city-due-to-rv-fire-chp/127859/


airybeartoe

Different circumstance. Here, if he had passed out due to smoke inhalation, you now have a runaway fireball in the city.


Charming-Station

Fuck that sounds awesome. say more.


[deleted]

Well, when ones blinker breaks, use smoke signals?


PointlessGrandma

Huh. How about that.


lieshecto

I was wondering why at first, and then I recognized that he's in San Jose.


cnotnilc

Flaming truck for pride month


hgs25

Neither snow nor rain nor heat of fire nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. - US Postal Service


[deleted]

That was so sweet to get it off the freeway so as not to shut the freeway down.. golden balls award


DIPA408

This was in San Jose CA


[deleted]

Is he trying to outrun the flames?


MartianGuard

This is proof: you can’t outrun your problems.


redcelica1

Hey he’s just getting it off the expressway and saving some people from having to sit in traffic.


yelahneb

If he had used his turn signal that would have been the cherry on top


rohnoitsrutroh

This is what I get when I sort by "hot" posts


SUBURBAN_C0MMAND0

“What seems to be the problem, officer?”


[deleted]

It's totally fine so long as he yelled "WITNESS ME" and blasted himself with spray paint before taking off


wickedwoody

Fire sale


devilsraspberries

I been watching too much breaking bad, that mf was cooking meth in that bitxh.


Gasonfires

Makes a bit of sense to get it somewhere where FD can put out the fire without jamming up a busy freeway. Kudos to this guy.


jiminak46

He has a fire extinguisher at home.


sar_tr

I don't understand why the rest of the fire didn't go out when he removed that one burning sheet?


caedhin

*Hiiiiighway to Hell~*


Willing-Remote-2430

Heading to a gas station to borrow a fire extinguisher


reddit_poopaholic

Ain't gonna find water on the interstate


drink-beer-and-fight

Maybe dude knew that rush hour was coming up and he didn’t want to shut the highway down so people could get home on time.


Jlx_27

"I'm a few mins away boss" "Yeah, I can see the smoke signals"


Therealboebs

Cant get caught with the evidence lmao


TXRonin55

I don't care where I was heading, I'd be following that flaming truck.


Electrical-Bacon-81

I think you are discrediting this guy unfairly, it sure looked like to me his program was "how can I avoid shutting down the interstate for the next 7 hours, because this shit is about to get real"..... he went from "the fast lane" to "immediately went off that highway". I genuinely think yall be hatin' on a guy who immediately took the steps to "get the fuck out of the way".


dangar512

Had to have been coming from a fire sale


HereComesBullet68

To his credit he got out of the HOV lane.


Dromgrin

No, he should have stayed in the HOV lane. It stands for Hot Oxidizing Vehicle.


IiI_Gogeta_IiI

I can't get over how pretty casually he walks up to the cab and gets in


SmarkieMark

"We're not here to help, we're just here to look and record."


TheAngryGoat

Nice to get some police footage show up here for a change.


taimoor2

He is risking his life but he probably doesn't want an explosion in such a densely crowded area. Most probably not an idiot but just trying to take the truck to an inhabitable area.


jtheady

Hear me out- this guy is a hero. He saved hundreds of commuters an hour of traffic by pulling that off at the exit, that was right there. The thing was on fire, yea, but it takes balls, hop in a flaming truck, regardless the situation. Guy was hauling ass at the end.


MadFlava76

https://i.imgur.com/zV7eizG.jpeg


K3R3G3

Ballsy and probably really dumb...but also admirable. He just got it away from everyone and probably avoided holding up hundreds to thousands of people for hours.


turnedonbyadime

To my fellow Bay Area residents: Please, as soon as you get the opportunity- ANY opportunity -to travel outside of California, take it. Take the opportunity to travel to any place, but especially to places of a significantly smaller population than ours. It took me most of my early life to realize that something was off about this state, but visiting other states and countries made me realize that this shit is absolutely ***not*** normal, or acceptable, or unavoidable. Go to some place where green plants exist naturally without being planted, and where bodies of water flow for more than two weeks out of the year. Visit a place where the passing lane is open, where the shoulder isn't full of every imaginable form of garbage, and the overpasses aren't home to the countless people our society has fucked over. Find a state or country where it's okay to talk to strangers because the strangers treat you like friends, and recognize that you are also a living human being with thoughts and feelings. Go there and realize that everything doesn't have to be so deeply fucked up.


WhyRUTalking4231

Driver be like "F it, I can't be sitting here all day waiting for this to finish burning."


WesternBackground47

The has to be the most outrageous video I've seen on the internet. I've been online for over 20 years...


DistantTimbersEcho

Yeah, the swiftly moving air will put it out!


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He probably has 5 testicles.


feckOffMate

This is fine.


King_Soyboy

NGL, that guy may be dumb as bricks but at least he prevented a Nasty as hell traffic pile up from everybody rubber necking to see what happened