Halon plus fire equals poison gas.  Use only in well ventilated area.  As in
outside.
If any magnesium or some aluminum is burning foam is the best.
If you van is having an engine fire and the local volunteer fire guys show
up with only water, my advice is to get far away.
Go to some of the race sites on the web and look at engine compartment fire
supression systems.
Eckie "Find'em hot leave'em wet." Prater
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Kasper" <dragonlist@IPMTS.UCSC.EDU>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 10:15 AM
Subject: Re: Vanagon and fire

> on 2/26/01 5:49 PM, Dave Baker at DBAKER5@KC.RR.COM wrote:
>
> > John et als: Your note got me thinking... I have a dry chemical type
fire
> > extinguisher, but it's rather small.  I'm wondering now what the ideal
size
> > would have to be to ensure one is able to combat an enginer fire.  Any
> > ideas?
> >
> > Dave in KC
> > 85 Westy
>
> i would consider a halon, though i don't know how they're rated about
> gasoline fires.  what do the "pros" use on them?
>
> bill
> '87 syncro westfalia
> http://www.scruznet.com/~cikasper/pics/westy/