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A Trick for Putting Someone Out if Their Clothes Catch On Fire

Unfortunately, the technique requires that they remain calm

By Rain Noe - December 4, 2019

in Object Culture

What should you do if your clothes catch on fire? "Stop, drop and roll" is the method drilled into American schoolchildren's heads.

But what about if your buddy's clothes catch on fire? As fun as it might be to blast them with a fire extinguisher, the Indonesian military favors this surprising method:

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Unfortunately, this method requires the person on fire remain still, thus it would never work on me. If my clothes ever caught on fire, I'd be running around and flailing like I stumbled into a hornet's nest. If you ever see me ablaze you've got full permission to blast me with the extinguisher.

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