Why Seconds Count

Dramatic video of the rapid growth and fire spread of the average room contents fire in a house.

[@choosekindness3419]

When my house burnt down in 1984, i remember the fireman telling my mother that a fire has no conscious or feelings and doesn't care what it takes and destroys in it's path. Scary.

[@Lockheed35ait]

Johnny Cake Life's scary man, everything can kill you :/

[@emilyperez608]

Johnny Cake a fire is like a sociopath in that way.

[@SevenFootPelican]

fire retardant

[@johnsergei]

Sounds like the government?

[@Nick-dz4ml]

bruh.wav fire is just a chemical reaction

[@SwissMarksman]

"Wish my fire alarm had the same music in the video, it would make for a dramatic escape when fire breaks out." I'm not sure if I should cry or laugh.

[@Grasshopper80s4ever]

Some James Bond music would be awesome. I would run and jump out the picture window and roll across the front lawn too !.

[@Grasshopper80s4ever]

+Grasshopper80s4ever .oldford I'd throw the dog through the window to like a football ! .

[@Grasshopper80s4ever]

I would also be gripping onto my Mr.Bannana lamp as I dive through the picture glass window and roll across the front lawn into the street .

[@supercarvines8607]

LOVE IT!😂😂

[@supercarvines8607]

LOVE IT!😂😂

[@jamelyano8786]

it takes 16 seconds for a dry Christmas tree to pretty much cause a fire ball in your living room.

[@saturn370]

nolan salwach if I had a fire department close to my house then I never would’ve been in a car fire with my dad and brother

[@christopherscottb]

Cool! I'm gonna watch a video of *that* now!

[@johnsergei]

Yes, not much goes up faster. Of course not all fires take off, like this. & some may even burn out, or take for ever to get going say a cooking fire with nothing around to burn, but room flashover in a minute or 2 is quite common & scary thought.

[@viggisdestructionemporium5283]

2 and a half minutes and most if the room is in flames. Damn. Now i'm paranoid.

[@grenks6387]

It can be worse, sometimes it takes a minute for everything to get ashed

[@captainsnarge2668]

I took fire extinguisher training today for my job, and this video was part of the classroom component. Why don't they teach this in schools? Everyone should get training in using fire extinguishers.

[@trecilicious]

We were shown this during one of our Fire Investigation lectures in university and when the music started, most of us started dancing. To be honest, that is a catchy tune.

[@MarkSamurai5]

That's why you should never and I mean NEVER block fire exits!!! (yes, one of my pet peeves at work is when fire exits are blocked)

[@eleanorhogan8643]

What idiots! They should be fired.

[@ssssSTopmotion]

@@eleanorhogan8643 pun intended??

[@eleanorhogan8643]

@@ssssSTopmotion No, I just agree with MarkSamurai5 on this.

[@olivel89]

Not sure what fire safety laws are in place where you are @MarkSamurai5, but in most of the world blocking fire exits is illegal and fetches high $ fines if breached. Definitely something to bring to your employer’s attention if only to help ensure employees’ safety!

[@TravisMcMurray]

That's pretty terrifying.

[@charliestewart5788]

Residential fire sprinklers that work off the plumbing lines would have stopped this conflagration in less than 1 minute! Residential Fire Sprinklers Save Lives!

[@shawndubay3736]

This is why you have good sized A.B.C fire extinguishers in all rooms and know how to use them and also have a home safety system that links all your smoke alarms that are also in every room of your house directly to the fire Dept. The faster the response the more lives and property saved. Seconds do count.

[@MarkSamurai5]

+Shawn Dubay also, make sure exits are not obstructed too.

[@jonraybon8582]

Even if you have an extinguisher in hand, once you see flames touching the ceiling, its time to get the hell out of there, nothing short of a high pressure hose is going to help.

[@SlimeWorld-iw7by]

This is how my Great Grandmother passed😭

[@andrewsstation6436]

I am terribly sorry for your loss!

[@eleanorhogan8643]

How awful!

[@andrewtyler7648]

I SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS TOO!

[@RicMaster3000]

although hard 2 watch believe every human being should watch and learn. thanx.

[@warsmith1294]

Almost played with fire, can’t believe how fast fire spreads

[@GetRekt-bw6pu]

Finally, a fire safety video without talking over it.

[@GreatAffinityProductions]

In less than 1:20, the fire is beyond the capability of a fire extinguisher. At 1:30 it is beyond the capability of a high pressure garden hose. At two minutes it might even overwhelm a built in fire suppression system. By the time this video is done, even that firehouse is overwhelmed.

[@davidbanner9851]

Food for thought. If you HAD to die in one of the following 4 ways, which would you choose…. 1. Trapped in a room like that 2. Drowning in a river 3. Mauled by a Bear 4. Plummeting in an airplane….

[@brandondague]

@1ladyslugga Well this is a common thing that happens at fires. I am a Volunteer firefighter and the way it usually happens is that most of the experienced guys can read the smoke conditions inside the house. We break a window usually to speed up the process of flashover so that way it happens before we are inside it. If that happens while we are in the room of flashover we have roughly anywhere 10-30 seconds to get out before our gear fails.

[@pinkvelena9124]

The whole point of this video is to show fire development. At 1:30 you could probably put it out with a garden hose but who keeps a garden hose in their living room! By the time you have collected the hose it'd be almost a fully developed fire with significant risk of flashover. Leaving the room to collect the garden hose would starve the fire so when you re-enter the room the influx of air would in fact cause all combustible items in the room to ignite causing a flashover IN YOUR FACE!

[@eljanagugu1439]

This makes total sense. Love this video.

[@danielmanole4918]

I remember 2 years ago this kid tried to burn my garden down, we had alot of bushes in the back of the garden that would trail to our house and then the neighbours kid lit up a ball with fire and threw it in the bushes the fire was burning quickly but i saw it almost instantly and told everyone to get out the house before it spread we instantly called the fire fighters and they took care of it the bushes where burned toa crisp but it didn’t get to our house but the annoying part when the fire fighters asked who did this my mom said it was us...i was pissed of because it was clearly that kid but i guess she didn’t want to get them in trouble wich was straight up dumb

[@DonSanchez]

Well, at least the fire was having fun.

[@itsnouse-yourswillbeastill2562]

It sure was a blast!

[@andrewholsapple1063]

There singing burning down the house I feel horible

[@julianorden8108]

It was having a heat of a time. *Badum tsshhh*

[@notjustanotherguy739]

You sick fuck.

[@kiaratheexplorer4]

no

[@TheWaynelds]

@SKarmytech sure it could still be put out at 1:20 and 1:54 with a fire extinguisher. but the thing is, you probably wouldnt really be able to get close enough to actually put it out because of the heat. The heat from that fire is trapped and building up in the room, along with the furniture nearby off gassing hot gasses

[@GlitteryGhost]

Taught my kid why he shouldn't play with fire with this video, thank you!

[@queenielouweekly3160]

Fire is like the Terminator. It can't be bargained with, it can't be reasoned with, it doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear! And it absolutely will not stop, EVER! Until it is put out or until everything in its path is destroyed.

[@bellejoyce9728]

Even though it’s terrible that it burns its kinda cool how fast it can spread

[@MorselOfBread]

Wish my fire alarm had the same music in the video, it would make for a dramatic escape when fire breaks out.

[@eleanorhogan8643]

That poor plant.

[@zoeharvey9440]

Omg my dad told me to watch this because he knows how stupid I am with hot stuff and I nearly started a fire a couple of months ago. It only took nearly 3 minutes to burn down the whole room I need to be a lot more careful now

[@alaveroA]

The power 🔥 is scarier then I thought

[@AlaskaB83]

I've seen a couple of these flashover demonstration videos and it seems like it always takes around 2-3 mins from ignition to reach true flashover. But these are often done on room cross-sections missing one wall. I wonder, maybe someone with firefighting experience knows, how much of a difference would it make in a normal, enclosed room? Seems like there would be less oxygen available so perhaps slightly less rapid expansion of the fire? Just curious. Good to know how much time you have to get the f@#! out of a burning room. Never been in the situation and I hope i never am.

[@tjfSIM]

You are absolutely right. The missing wall makes a huge difference. In an enclosed space, that wall would be radiating heat back into the room, and flashover would occur much more quickly.

[@CC-mm3bl]

Not only that but it would also trap in the hot gases.

[@chuckcooke227]

19 Years in the fire service and I can tell you this demonstration is accurate. Within 5 min from ignition you WILL have flash over, and you lose a room approximately every 30 seconds after the initial flash over

[@tofugoast]

Some fucking scary shit.

[@andrewsstation6436]

Poor Lego's near the fire- they got all burned up!

[@seldomstudios6351]

This got me paranoid when I was younger

[@armelle6298]

Seldom Studios it still do

[@whombit7092]

Good thing to add to my fear of a house fire

[@sethhorst6158]

All you really need to do is make sure the electrical work of your house is up to date, keep things arranged in ways that a fire wouldn't be able to start, inspect your smoke detectors, and properly maintain appliances that will get hot during use.

[@xlsfd]

What I find a bit unrealistic about demonstrations like this is the missing wall, which gives the fire access to a lot more oxygen than it would otherwise have. Yes, I know this is done so it can be filmed/observed without danger, but it's simply not quite the same as a fire in an enclosed room.

[@62202ify]

I still have a scar on my right ring finger from a kitchen fire I put out 6 years ago with blankets.

[@Pankaration]

2022 Still watching this every year during our fire training

[@JB91710]

When you arrive and see those flames through the window, you don't Wait to get fully dressed, assemble an entry team, get the front door open and then enter a smoker filled space to get water on that fire. You pull a booster line to the window, break the window and put that fire out right now. What if there was a victim on the floor in front of that couch. By the time you got inside, they would be dead. By venting the window you are creating a Pressure Release Location for the smoke, heat and water vapor to escape out of and you have Protected the victim. The threat has been eliminated in seconds, not minutes.

[@coltonelasz6933]

I keep a stash of water balloons in my couch; I'm chilling

[@mrbigbigtoe]

Who else watched this in grade school as 2000 kids?

[@sethhorst6158]

I saw some weird fire safety video in elementary school called "Be cool about fire safety".

[@GreatAffinityProductions]

I should have specified the size of the fire extinguisher. A small fire extinguisher or garden hose is overwhelmed by 1:30, Not all fire surpression systems are the same and some could very easily be overwhelmed by 2:00. The fire house obviously isn't putting out that fire in 5 seconds.

[@ryanchan2358]

At 1:30, just hold it (the hose) on the burning objects. 2:00 will need several buckets as well?

[@hamishkay3010]

I would be terrified to see this for real

[@mashedburgerpatties903]

the music creeps me out.

[@Wildlifesupernannyfan]

All you need is a fire alarm 🔥🚨🔥🚨🔥🚨🔥🚨🔥🚨

[@BornAgainCynic0086]

Umm, at 1:54 the upper room temp near the ceiling would be over 300c and if that smoke up near the ceiling flashed over while you are in the room, like it does at only 2:15 you would be toast.

[@dragonslayer7115]

im watching this because 5 days ago my neighbours flat caught fire it started in the lounge ,he was in the hallway and his lounge door was closed ,my son and friends managed to drag him out but his airway burned so now he in induced coma ,unfortunatly his friend was in the lounge and he burned to death ,the sight of his body was horrific

[@noahplaysgaming5414]

leah edwards how is he now

[@dragonslayer7115]

@@noahplaysgaming5414 hes fine now no lasting ill effects thank god

[@noahplaysgaming5414]

@@dragonslayer7115 thats good, imagine 2 or 3 fires in that room

[@petergriffin6002roblocks]

“Hey man yo house burned down” “I didn’t like it anyway” “Ok”

[@lildeezn]

this music is fire! ....poor choice of words

[@Russia_Moscow_countryhuman]

This music gives me chills.

[@TheRobinSystem]

I think Mary Winchester was up there.

[@AllThisThen]

I start fires for the music.

[@xXzol72Xx]

Does anyone know what the dank music in the background is called? thx in advance.

[@toniim7216]

if there I had a house fire when im sleeping the alarm will go off but i sleep next to a window i can jump out of der the building not very tall

[@emilyjaneleightonporter5367]

Terrifying but love music I wish they had always made sofas fire proof xx

[@user-om2tz6ns2w]

(2006-2007)

[@zacherycoltrane4656]

I'm sorry that happened Johnny Cake.

[@bdanielcal4608]

Man that looked like a comfy sofa

[@epl1100]

your chance of survival when your asleep and a fire breaks out is slim to non. even with fire smoke detection.

[@lauramolony]

Yes, this is hard to watch, however the most common cause of fires in the home is actually unattended cooking.

[@joona4312]

This guy just recording like😮

[@keanuchungusmode9453]

As far as fire attack, I would have hit everything back and forth at slightly lower than eye level and the floor to hit the seat of the fire where all of the primary fuel is burning. I can understand aiming upward indirectly for cooling the compartment in other situations but its already flashed. Hit the base of the fire for a few seconds THEN hit the ceiling and walls briefly. Hell if you want to use 30 degrees or slightly less on the fog pattern that will darken it really fast. Some steam conversion to cool everything

[@eleanorhogan8643]

Seriously did they have to burn the lego and the furby? Furbies and certain types of lego are worth money.

[@mikyah142]

They play this in school for fire safety

[@ChristinaCadora]

They came in with the fire hoses after the fire engulfed the room. What if u got there BEFORE that happened? How long to put the fire out then b4 it spread?

[@berendbesseling]

Nice techno banger

[@emilyjaneleightonporter5367]

Music sounds cool what's it Called?

[@jakamericaanimationstudio1088]

Merry Christmas 🎄 and happy new year 2019

[@TheSouthIsHot]

Oh my gawd. That is terrifying. Super-fast. I'm sleeping with my shoes on from now on.

[@feardivinity5751]

MY ARMCHAIR!!!

[@andrewsstation6436]

My Legos!

[@Unknown12313]

fire creating its own wind

[@TheDark12]

If that wicker chair I like survives the slaughter, have it sent to my P.O. Box

[@jhanks2012]

Wow that was fast. Would it be similar in say, a church or mosque?

[@profgamer1]

jhanks2012 why are you asking about a church or a mosque specifically? Anyway, I say a church will be very similar to the room because there is a lot of furniture but a mosque might burn much quicker because the whole floor is covered with carpet.

[@PurpIe_guy]

I still play with fire as a kid once it got out of control so I quickly grabbed my pants then i smothered the fire I took the pants off the toilet paper and there was still fire so I smothered it again and that put it out and that was the first time I lost control of all of the fires I started.

[@emilyjaneleightonporter5367]

Does anybody by any chance know the name of this dance Tune? Thank you so much Emily Jane UK

[@booth2710]

that sofa must be stuffed with polyurathane.

[@emilyjaneleightonporter5367]

Love the scary dance music what is the name of this please? x

[@pattycarljackson]

a sprinkler system wouldnt even let it reach that serious of a fire and even if there was a fire system it woudl be able to put it out at that point still specially if there is more then one sprinkler head in that room

[@TheBeeflessburger]

Why were things bursting into flame even though they weren't touched by flame, was it because of the combination of heat and pressure?

[@animaljam123454321]

I THINK they did it for the sake of the vid and for us or maybe there was a candle there wich tipped over or something

[@TheBeeflessburger]

Maybe...

[@myxcure]

Some things are highly combustable

[@TheBeeflessburger]

I might have it mixed up but I thought that flashovers happen when there is no more oxygen for the fire to "breathe" so it simmers down but then when oxygen is put in the environment again (for whatever reason) then there's an explosive combustion. I might have that mixed up with backdraft though..

[@KingJamesVL]

To Muffins Horror Yes you did mix the two up. Easy to do though...Backdraft and Smoke explosion are very similiar though.

[@frazzz1170]

why would you have a bin with electrical stuff or hot stuff that can ignite beside that much wooden and cloth furniture

[@WhiteZenith]

oh great, now I have to get rid of all my stuff cos it might catch fire :O

[@eleanorhogan8643]

Not really, just turn off electrical things at night.

[@epl1100]

even when you are awake you might not survive it.

[@JanBestwick-yz2jy]

Fire survies on oxygen when it gets angry it the more it burns

[@cl4mz]

um.... get out the house

[@nfjrb]

looses dimebag, burns whole house to hide evidence

[@pattycarljackson]

he is actually wrong a garden hose would still be able to put out that fire and even maybe a fire extinguisher depending on what kind that it is ive delt with many fires and it is very possible to do it

[@theeraphatsunthornwit6266]

There are way too much burnable stuff in an average home.😊

[@pattycarljackson]

and just one more thing as it shows at 1:30 a garden hose can still put that fire out if you are knowledgeable enough you would know how to do so.

[@mikewelch3747]

Im watching this while my house is on fire

[@sethhorst6158]

How would you be typing the comment even though the fire cuts power throughout the house (including the modem) when it reaches the wires that are in the walls and ceilings?

[@chickenko5192]

i feel bad for whoever's house that was lost for the sake of research

[@florin604]

+Fuppy Ko it's not a house, is a container full with furniture, open at the end where the recording camera stands.

[@Grasshopper80s4ever]

That's my Mr. Bannana lamp !

[@paperbullet1945]

I wonder if the open room affected the fire's rate of spread.

[@Grasshopper80s4ever]

That's crazy fast !

[@eefsss4603]

Grasshopper80s4ever .oldford It is honestly slow compared to a few other videos. Google “fire spreading” A Christmas tree takes out a room in 1/3 this time. This one was slowwwww

[@2704heatherwolf]

shit thats fast

[@glk600]

Little to BBIIGG

[@stephenarmstrong4279]

Its good to look at and at the same time no

[@brichardsfourty]

That always happens with cigarette smokers in the house because they think they put out their cigarette butt and then they empty the ashtray into the trashcan and what do you got A big 🔥 Or cats eat electrical lamp wires which is another fire hazard

[@Anthony-tb5vg]

What cats don't eat electrical lamp wires! You don't know what you are talking about.

[@imogenbabes1]

wow !!! thats fast !!!

[@GabyAndEboneyChannel]

it wasnt a real house it was a studio practise

[@subton]

Doesn't matter. Results would be the same. Actually, worse, as there would be other rooms in a real house

[@cadoo5591]

UGH 46 seconds in and I had to mute the "music"

[@onethingisneedful]

Cat on the sofa?

[@illuinc2781]

whats with the music