In a message dated 6/9/01 10:50:54 AM Eastern Daylight Time, trollboy_1@LYCOS.COM writes:
> I just read your post with interest as I had a major car fire about a year > ago in my driveway. My question is this: I have since bought a fire > extinguishier but it plainly says on the thing not to let it get over 120 > degrees. I am a little affraid to put it in my van as I don't want it to > explode. I no this sounds perhaps a little dumb on my part and I know a lot > of people carry them but did I buy a wrong kind? Are their some that can > take being in a hot car better then others? > > while the car i was driving at the time of the engine fire yesterday did not have a fire extinguisher in it, all my other cars do. i have a black car, and keep the fire extinguisher in the trunk. im sure it gets hotter than 120 in there, and ive never had a problem. also most all westys have fire extinguishers in them, next to the slider door. think about it. it wont be a prob. chris
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