Re: Man immolates self on train in Nagano Pref
Michael Cash wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 23:22:57 -0500, "John W." <worthj1970@yahoo.komm>
> belched the alphabet and kept on going with:
>
>
>>A guy set fire to a car on the train he was riding. Here's the thing I
>>found interesting:
>>
>>"The train continued on to Nagiso Station where firefighters from the
>>Kiso Fire Station, responding to an emergency call made by a passenger,
>>extinguished smoldering seats with buckets of water."
>>
>>Buckets of water? Didn't they have hoses or anything?
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>
> Maybe a few buckets was all it took. Anyway, would you want to be the
> one spraying a hose around a vehicle wired with umpteen jillion amps
> of electricity?
>
Actually when I thought about it I wondered why they didn't use fire
extinguishers for that very reason.
John W.
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