A member of the HazMat team for a large city here in Texas wrote with a question that I need help answering.
"Ron, to your knowledge does any of the car makers still use magnesium in the engine blocks or frames? I know the older VW's did but don't know if the newer ones do.
Reason asking, we had a magnesium fire several weeks ago here in Dallas at a scrap metal yard. Only 220,000 pounds of magnesium on fire. Firemen couldn't understand why it would not go out with all the water they were dumping on it.
We as hazmat, told them to stop putting water on it and it would quit exploding. It worked.
Trying to work up a school on magnesium fire and was curious about enging blocks or any other engine parts on newer cars. Thanks"
Any Message Forum readers have any further information?????
"Ron, to your knowledge does any of the car makers still use magnesium in the engine blocks or frames? I know the older VW's did but don't know if the newer ones do.
Reason asking, we had a magnesium fire several weeks ago here in Dallas at a scrap metal yard. Only 220,000 pounds of magnesium on fire. Firemen couldn't understand why it would not go out with all the water they were dumping on it.
We as hazmat, told them to stop putting water on it and it would quit exploding. It worked.
Trying to work up a school on magnesium fire and was curious about enging blocks or any other engine parts on newer cars. Thanks"
Any Message Forum readers have any further information?????
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