Flame Retardant Dropped On To Nearly Burning House Covers Family

This is the moment a firefighting plane dropped red flame retardant onto a bushfire in California as it became incredibly close to a family's home:

Jackson Stevens, 19, was staying at his grandparent's house in San Jose, California, with his family when flames started to approach the property line of the home.

The family can be seen rushing to tackle the flames using hoses to work on keeping the fire back and trying to prevent it from reaching the house.

Jackson caught the events unfolding which showed a plane flying over the wildfire and dropping red flame retardant onto it. A few moments later, another plane came along and dropped the same stuff all over the house the teen was staying in.

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In the very next shot, Jackson is inside the house but the patio windows are completely covered in red liquid. As he opens the doors the entire outside of the property has been coated with the product.

The balcony railings, sun loungers by the pool, parasols and all of the ground beneath them is now painted bright red. Including Jackson's poor grandpa who has been absolutely covered.

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Just as they might have thought things were calming down, Jackson discovered that the owner of a car outside the property had been left with its window partially open, meaning that it too had been covered with what resembles red paint.

Drone footage shows the house and the surrounding area completely covered with the flame retardant but, according to Jackson's caption on TikTok, the house was 'saved from a fire'.

Not only that, a follow-up video showed that state fire department Cal Fire helped clean the flame retardant off the property after saving it from burning.

Responding to the video, many people were shocked to discover that the flame retardant is liquid and not dust. One wrote: "The day I realized that's not a powder," while another added: "Am I the only one that thought that stuff was powder, not liquid?" Evidently not.

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Others were slightly more concerned with one writing: "OMG IF THIS WAS IN SAN JOSE I WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HILL WATCHING THIS HAPPEN ON MY ROOF. IT WAS INSANE." Alright, so they're not too concerned.

Another commented: "Stay safe guys," while a fifth added: "Well at least your grandpa won't burn."

Topics: News, bushfire, US News

Rebecca Shepherd

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