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Tesla Cybertruck caught fire after hitting a fire hydrant in bizarre crash (electrek.co)

submitted 2 months ago by kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's a lot more aggressive than what comes through in their description. It can create a giant fireball since the water boils instantly on contact and causes the burning oil to fling up into the air almost like a flame thrower.

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

17 second demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgO_uZA5vXg

I once set oil on fire while making stovetop popcorn while drunk. This knowledge likely saved my house.

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Here's another good one with some slo-mo action. You can see it's just a normal pot and what looks to be a single coffee mug full of water. The resulting fireball is massive.

https://youtu.be/3LWYXJvU7yM?si=h0Uz41HQS9-gJyLT

[–] takeda@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah, this one is even scarier.