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If you watch full, you will notice how tall and thick plants or dead wood and metal parts this guy was passing through, esp here.

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I strongly suspect that some bushes, metal or wood piece burst the radiator bottom hose just before he stopped and switch off the engine. Initial smoke seems like when you drive without coolant and engine is tossed, seen this exact thick white smoke before a couple of times just before car catches the fire.

Though this guy looks very calm, compose and organized throughout the disaster and said he used two fire extinguisher and 2 gallons of water. What I suspect is he wasted the fire extinguisher on flames rather than the base of the water and then 2 gallons water help spread the fire in the engine bay to the other heated parts.

In such a scenario, even if he would have closed the hood of the engine there are very strong chances he would have saved from this disaster as by cutting the oxygen alone you can put off the fire.

Anyways quite a few lessons for all us here:

  • Don't cross thick tall plants and bushes, unless your car underbody is fully protected with bash and skid plates
  • Never drive alone, at least go with 2-3 cars in any off-road terrain.
  • Keep fire extinguishers handy and always use with a calm and focused approach to point them at the base of the fire.
  • For engine bay fire, putting sand inside the engine bay is better than water to not to spread the fire from leaking fluid that has already caught fire - fuel, engine oil, brake oil, gear oil etc.
  • Keep your emergency items handy to escape in case you need to leave the vehicle suddenly.
  • Always remember to grab your wallet and phone to call for help and deal through the situation.
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In the rally world there is a thing called the 5 second escape and every driver has to master it before racing  

As soon as the impacts are over/you have finished rolling, you have 5 seconds to escape the car, even if you’re upside down. Orientate yourself, release your seatbelt/harness, grab your fire extinguisher, grab important belongings and maps where applicable and get out of the car. 

Sounds easy but I’ve practised it a lot when I was navigating and it can be quite difficult. The hardest part is the initial orientation, especially when you’re hanging upside down by a harness and trying to ignore a concussion. 

Would be nice to see something like that implemented into newbie off-road driver training. Useful information. Get your shit together and get out of the car instead of sitting there panicking. 

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After a bit of digging found something interesting from same guy channel feed comments

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This guys jeep is pretty much modded for off roading if you watch his channel its built up quite a lot for overlanding with all the plates and guards so the bush and scrub theory is out of the window.

Its just a jeep doing its thing, which we dont understand :)

Also if you watch the complete video he says everything was normal, no lights on the dash, gauges all normal. So no burst coolant hoses or toasting the motor etc etc.

He's not a newbie by any measure and done a lot of long overland off-road trips with this jeep. Videos on his channels and all.

5 minutes ago, Gaurav said:

After a bit of digging found something interesting from same guy channel feed comments

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So yeah confirms it no brush or scrub, just jeep being jeep. 

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32 minutes ago, Gaurav said:

So an off road vehicle that catches fire when driven off road. LOOOOL 

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8 minutes ago, desertdude said:

So an off road vehicle that catches fire when driven off road. LOOOOL 

Welcome to the world of Jeep's.....!

Btw the other two fire I have witnessed and saved: One was Jeep Wrangler two-door and Nissan Pathfinder old shape

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