---
title: "Watch a Front-End Loader Dump Water on a Burning Car in a Flood"
description: "The fire department arrived on the scene shortly after."
date: "2017-06-05"
modified: "2017-06-05"
authors:
  - name: "Aaron Brown"
    job_title: "Staff Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/aaron-brown"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/11138/watch-a-front-end-loader-dump-water-on-a-burning-car-in-a-flood"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "Construction"
  - "dallas"
  - "fire"
  - "Texas"
---

# Watch a Front-End Loader Dump Water on a Burning Car in a Flood

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A bystander behind the wheel of a front-end loader jumped into action Friday to extinguish a blaze when he noticed a car that was stuck on a flooded Dallas street had caught fire, according to [local news station WFAA.](<https://www.wfaa.com/weather/raw-watch-a-very-texas-way-of-putting-out-a-car-fire/445326651>)

Nikki Carmona's Mercedes-Benz began to smoke after it died on a flooded street, she explained to [WFAA](<https://www.wfaa.com/weather/raw-watch-a-very-texas-way-of-putting-out-a-car-fire/445326651>). Though Carmona managed to get out of the car, a fire grew inside the vehicle—until the general manager of nearby Bane Machinery showed up in a front-end [loader](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/7644/putting-chains-on-a-massive-front-end-loaders-60000-tires-isnt-easy>) and diffused the situation.

“He just jumped out there and put it out. Didn’t hesitate and was happy to do it,” Scott Bane, owner of Bane Machinery, said about his general manager to WFAA.

The manager scooped up flood water with the [loader](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/7644/putting-chains-on-a-massive-front-end-loaders-60000-tires-isnt-easy>) in an attempt to put the fire out. After just two dumps, the fire appeared to be pretty much contained.

For the record, driving through a flooded street is never a good call. Usually, it'll end with a dead car—but if you're extremely unlucky, that could then cause the immobilized vehicle to catch fire, or worse. No matter how [fun or effortless](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/8790/water-skiing-behind-an-suv-in-australian-floodwaters-looks-wild>) it might look, don't do it.

https://youtube.com/embed/-pWpwXWo7oI

## Author
Aaron was previously a contributing writer with Jalopnik and has also written for Business Insider covering cars. When he's not in the office writing the news, you'll probably find him thrashing a beater car around a RallyCross.

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