Why is it that when you’re clothes catch fire, your supposed to stop drop and roll? I do understand how stop-drop-roll works. But wouldn’t it be better to just remove your clothes? Especially if its clothes that don’t need to go over ur face to be taken off.
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Aside from the other excellent answers, it’s also a matter of what your clothes are made of.
Pure cotton clothes (like lab coats, yeah that’s specific but I’ve been taught this in chemistry classes lol) would simply burn off. It may still give you nasty burns, but a pure cotton fabric will burn away. Synthetic clothing will melt and stick to your skin. Garanteed nasty, nasty burns.
And in panic of being literally on fire, it’s better to try and kill off the flame rather to take the time to ponder “oh well, I have cotton clothing, I can take ’em off”
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