Fire Dynamics in Action - Black Fire

Short #firefighter training video I put together to show fire dynamics principles in action on a large scale.
Video clips and pictures are from the Richmond Indiana plastic recycling facility fire on 4/11/2023.
Energy dense plastics with very high heat release rates.
A rapidly expanding fire with plenty of available fuel - limited only by the amount of oxygen it can consume.
Check out the smoke and the volume, velocity, density and color.
Black fire - smoke is fuel
Train, drill and apply your knowledge of these principles as if this was a residential structure.
After all, these are the same type of plastics burning in todays residential fires.