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I had one or two experieces like that in Vietnam and Korea. I had a fire base underground magazine burning one time and they were trying to put it out with foam. I tried to explain to this COl that explosives have their own oxcidizers and they were only trapping the heat. It was a local Vietnamese fire department doing the fire fighting. I told them they had to use water and even told the COL I would be willing to put on an OBA and take the hose into the magazine. I got the old, "Captain, these people know what they are doing and I don't want to hear anymore out of you", treatment. I left and when it went, Vietnam put several of their guys in orbit but they just didn't live through the re-entry.