Extinguished diver
(from - 06 November 2000)
wet suit on fire
Fire Authorities in California found a corpse in a burnt out section of forest whilst assessing the damage done by a forest fire. The deceased male was dressed in a full wet suit, complete with a divetank, flippers and face mask. A post mortem examination revealed that the person died not from burns but from massive internal injuries. Dental records provided a positive identification. Investigators then set about determining how a fully clad diver ended up in the middle of a forest fire. It was revealed that, on the day of the fire, the person went for a diving trip off the coast - some 20 kilometers away from the forest. The firefighters, seeking to control the fire as quickly as possible, called in a fleet of helicopters with very large buckets. The buckets were dropped into the ocean for rapid filling, then flown to the forest fire and emptied. You guessed it. One minute our diver was making like Flipper in the Pacific, the next he was doing a breaststroke in a fire bucket 300m in the air. Apparently, he extinguished exactly 1.78m (5'10") of the fire. Find other At Sea articles
Comments
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Dayne: It is from an urban legend - CSI copied that legend. no it isnt true, as mythbusters proved.(16/11/2007)
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Pjv: This is a CSI programme. It is not actually true(05/04/2007)
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Pony Boy: The fire dept used a super scuba scooper you see. (18/02/2007)
- funny girl: this is kind of dumb of the diver to be swimming when the fire is going on(02/11/2005)
- you: i heard that b4 its quite funny but i hope its not true poor wikkle dwive(12/10/2005)
- exhelm: What a waste of some good flippers. God people these days are so in considerate to what the Chineese and Tai have labored of.(11/10/2005)
- someone: :)(10/04/2005)
