In a fire situation, the first thing to do is to raise the
alarm. then fight the fire, if possible. Then only call the
fire/police dept.
In this case, the alarm was raised immediately, which was a correct
action by one of the young resident nearest the burning car. The
other residents came out with their own fire extinguishers, but the
flame was too intense for them to get near to effectively fight the
fire. Furthermore there is the danger of a fireball
explosion.
Vehicular fires must be put down while it is just starting and
smoking, with Class B extinguishers for flamable liquids/grease.
For a conflagration, it best left to the experts, like our Civil
Defence fire fighters.
