In message , tony sayer
wrote

That is amazing. Using water on a fire that is in effect a mobile
bomb?.

I doubt if it was water. The fire fighting will have been geared to the
event and car fuel fires. There may have also been some driver error as
there should have been a shut off mechanism to stop the fuel leaving the
fuel tank.

And permitting marshals to fight the fire using only normal i.e. non
fireproof clothing?...

All the people fighting the fire were in fireproof clothing, as was the
driver of the car. The first two marshals at the scene also wear
fireproof balaclavas when the cars are running more exotic fuels.

The main fire fighting vehicles are down the other end of the track
(quarter of a mile away) where there is more of a chance of an engine
letting go at 300+ miles per hour. (the car in the video probably
accelerates to 200+ mph in around 6.5 seconds).

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Alan
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