Japanese fire extinguishing

[Mave]

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[Vodkush]

Old stuff re-invented for today. Many people and firefighters in Chicago during the Chicago fires had stuff similar, only using glass bottles.


"Another type of carbon-tetrachloride extinguisher was the Fire grenade. This consisted of a glass sphere filled with CTC, that was intended to be hurled at the base of a fire (early ones used salt-water, but CTC was more effective). Carbon tetrachloride was suitable for liquid and electrical fires and the extinguisers were fitted to motor vehicles. Carbon-tetrachloride extinguishers were withdrawn in the 1950s because of the chemical's toxicity–exposure to high concentrations damages the nervous system and internal organs. Additionally, when used on a fire, the heat can convert CTC to Phosgene gas,[7] formerly used as a chemical weapon." - Wikipedia

 

[Aman1238]

Carbon-tetrachloride extinguishers were withdrawn in the 1950s because of the chemical's toxicity–exposure to high concentrations damages the nervous system and internal organs.

I was thinking like this quote, it wouldn't work well in a building that's on fire with people in it :/