The father of the family puts out a car fire with eight bottles of beer

Beer can not only quench thirst, but also fire: on the 19th motorway in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, a family man fought the fire of his car, which caught fire because of beer. Linstow Highway and Traffic Police said it needed eight bottles before the fire was extinguished (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) on Saturday with. After that, the firefighters only had to disconnect the battery and prevent the release of liquids harmful to the environment.

total loss

The 36-year-old driver was on his way to Berlin with his family of four on Saturday afternoon. Police said the car caught fire due to a technical defect in the engine area. The father of the family immediately walked over to the shoulder of the road. “The family got out of the smoking car and got out of danger.” Then the father took the luggage and a crate of beer from the trunk – and began the extraordinary firefighting.

He could no longer save the car, she said: it was a complete economic loss. However, timely deletion prevented damage to the road surface of the highway.