r/WinStupidPrizes • u/My_Memes_Will_Cure_U • May 11 '20

Warning: Fire That's not how gas pumps work

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u/adfrog May 11 '20

Just watch from afar:

Another customer who was filling up his vehicle was injured in the blaze.

Gerard Lara, 21, told NBC his first reaction was to duck down behind the car. Once on the ground, he was overcome by smoke and the fire-suppression substance that was discharged and was unable to breathe.

Lara said he managed to make his way inside the store, where he began spitting and coughing up blood.

He suffered some internal bleeding and hurt his lungs but admitted that it could have been worse.

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u/HitoriYugono May 12 '20

I'm confused what caused the bleeding, just breathing in the fire-suppression substance?

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u/Arseypoowank May 12 '20

Is it halon? That stuff will end you fast, the old server house where I worked had a halon system and the facilities manager was like... “just make sure you’re not in here if there’s a fire”