Snuffing out propane tank fire with a blanket - GIF

Snuffing out propane tank fire with a blanket.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...058#post184194
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...116#post160926
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...318#post121888
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...286#post192227
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...880#post186931

World's only Argyle sweater wearing, tropical fire safety instructor. Cotton may extinguish, wool is more certain; polyester type materials certainly not.

get a leather welding glove and turn the tap off.

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Originally Posted by old kodger

get a leather welding glove and turn the tap off.

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You don't even have to do that with that design of tank the valve pushes down to turn off and pulls up to turn on so you can just swat at the top of it to extinguish a fire or stop the flow of the gas, but this demonstration was to show what to do if the valve was faulty and did not close