Showing posts with label Hydrant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hydrant. Show all posts

Monday, December 17, 2007

What happens when a truck backs into a fire hydrant

A truck driver backed into a fire hydrant right next to my office's window.

Hydrant close

Now, that's a yellow hydrant, which according to this website represents a flow rate of at least 500 gallons per minute. It took almost 20 minutes to get the flow cut off, which means at least 10,000 gallons washed our parking lot and flowed to the bay.

Full height of spray

The wall next to the spray is approximately 15 feet tall.

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