But it does give a spin on the old term “We’ve got a blazer!”
When I was TM at Mt.Clare A Yard in Baltimore we had a car load of ‘rags’ (baled used textiles) that vandals had lit on fire. BCFD responded, connected one of their engines to a fire hydrant and started pouring water into the box car! Each time the working ‘face’ of the fire looked to be extinguished and the firemen would peel back that face - underneath the fire was still going. Ultimately we ended up with the entire burned contents of a 40 foot box car on the ground.
I’ve seen rolls of paper burning - they slowly unpeel themselves and burn.
As for trash cars - some have a 2.5" fire hose connection near the top. Just hook up a hose and fill the car up… That’s one method being considered for electric vehicle fires…
Do they draw straws to see who climbs up onto a burning rail car to hook up the hose? [^]