2010 JK Fire 11/27/2011
02-13-2012, 07:42 AM
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Sorry about your loss.
Where I'm from Fire Extinguishers are mandatory by law !
And they get inspected once a year when renewing registration.
Also you get asked about the fire extinguisher at any random police check.
I believe a fire extinguisher would have saved your Jeep.
Where I'm from Fire Extinguishers are mandatory by law !
And they get inspected once a year when renewing registration.
Also you get asked about the fire extinguisher at any random police check.
I believe a fire extinguisher would have saved your Jeep.
02-13-2012, 08:28 AM
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By the sound of things seems like your wife was about ready to kill you. Personally i would have gone back for the firearms myself, don't want people getting hurt with my bullets because of my dumb ass. I would not have gone back again just to get your cell phone I would have let it go down in flames with the Jeep.
Sucks the Jeep burned, get the new one yet?
02-13-2012, 09:46 AM
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What's the cause of the fire? My girlfriend has a 2010 with an auto and she is freaking out right now after seeing this.
I don't think she will drive her Jeep much anymore until I find out how to prevent this from happening.
I don't think she will drive her Jeep much anymore until I find out how to prevent this from happening.
02-13-2012, 01:40 PM
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Really because all of our 5.56 nato rounds went off when our Light armored vehicle caught on fire from an IED in Iraq. Along with our 50mm rounds.
02-13-2012, 03:38 PM
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Cause
I believe it was the Auto Transmission overheating. A fire extinguisher would not have helped especially those little ones you stick on a jeeps roll bar. I had not gone off roading that was all paved streets or gravel dirt roads. This is not my 1st jeep, I've owned a 43 ford GPW a 53 Willys, a 70 cj5, a 89 yj, and my 2010 jk. I know my way around Jeeps this is a defect that they need to add a tranny cooler in front on the radiator. Look at the 2012 JK auto's they have a Tranny cooler in front of the Radiator. I wonder why?
02-13-2012, 03:39 PM
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Bullets do discharge in fire, Im a combat veteran and have first hand experience in this. Also as a licensed firearm holder or any person that owns a firearm for that matter, is responsible and held liable for every bullet/ammunition they carry or use in their firearms. So yes, I would have gone back in and risked getting a little burned getting my firearms out, considering the amount of people that i saw standing around in the video. I would prefer to go through the legal battle of getting a JK recovered versus the unintentional death of a bystander who wanted to take video of my burning JK.
