TRENDING NOW: 9,000 pounds of fire retardant dropped on a truck

By Marshall Jones
August 25 2019 05:00 AM

We're pretty familiar with wildfires in Kamloops and the Okanagan. We've all seen aircraft dropping retardant. The U.S. Fire Service recorded an experiment, dropping 9,000 pounds of retardant on a truck from a low altitude. It's artificially low but they stress that despite their best intentions to drop from higher levels, dropping at this height is always a risk. When you see what happens to this truck, you'll want to get out of the way the next time one is overhead.

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Marshall Jones
Marshall Jones

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