Vacaville resident Chad Little used a nail from torn-up sheet metal and several cans of Bud Light to keep away fires that were approaching his home. As his family evacuated, Little stayed behind to protect the house that was being rebuilt after being burned in a fire five years ago. (Contributed Photo -- Chad Little)
California, USA: A Cali man is making headlines all over the internet after he prevented the wildfires from destroying his shop by spraying cans of bud light beer over the fire.
Well, it worked and he made it to tell the tale.
Fires have been destroying houses and wiping out crops in California since massive bushfires erupted.
Chad Little, who is from Vacaville, California, lost his house in a previous fire that happened 5 years ago, but this time he was not ready to abandon this property.
Chad said his water supply failed on preventing the fires, but he had a lot of supply of Bud Light beer, so he used it.
Bud Light, which is one of the world’s worst beer, did its job and ended up stopping the fire from getting worse.
The beer is thin and watery, but Chad said that it does a great job of putting out fires.
Chad said that the fire was fuelled by exploding propane cylinders.
He added:
Everybody’s on propane tanks. It was like a war zone.
Chad said that he was trying to clear dry grass and other potential fuel for the blaze that was getting dangerously close to his shop, an automotive shop.
He said:
I was putting out fires all the way around here, stopping it from going toward the house. Meanwhile, all the cars were on fire.
Chad had hoses in place just in case the fire comes to his shop, but he did not know that the water supply would fail.
He said:
It was burning on the wood down low, and I didn’t have any water. I had one barrel with a little bit of water in it, and I tried using that. It didn’t work.
With no water left and options, the Cali man ended up spraying the flames with beer.
Chad said he just sprayed beers over the fires until the firefighters arrived.
The fire managed to stay on the low thanks to the bud light beers that he sprayed over them.