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[QUOTE=imjeff;7149238]Incorrect. Look up at your engine bay from the bottom. Wide open, right? Except for where the fire usually is. Now imagine getting under there as flaming fuel is dripping on you, bumper impact absorbers, hood shocks and batteries are exploding. It's unpleasant to say the least. Firefighters dont sniff toxic gases to establish what is burning. Not opening the hood is exactly how to burn a truck to the ground, particularly on a gas fire, which I suspect this was. Just a matter of time before its in the cab.

Understood. But the larger point I was trying to make is.....If you DO NOT HAVE a fire extinguisher, don't open the hood. Seems to me, it can only get worse if you lack the means to extinguish it.

And you're right...I would never go out of my way to sniff the fumes, but I would think that if the vehicle you're driving is on fire...you MIGHT be smelling it at some point weather you wanted to, or not.