Excerpt from Fire Control Notes, Vol. 22: A Periodical Devoted to the Technique of Forest Fire Control; October, 1961
Liquid nitrogen was poured on test fires from small Dewar flasks or dropped in a polyethylene bag that shattered on impact. It was also allowed to flow down a 10-foot galvanized iron trough, in order to simulate liquid and gaseous nitrogen approaching a forest fire down a hillside.
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