German man douses fire in his car with beer; 'so German,' say netizen

A German motorist is being credited for his quick thinking after his engine caught fire on Autobahn. He turned to a slightly different foam extinguisher to douse flames, using bottles of beer.

thing left to do: Fire department 

After incident took place, Police told a global news ncy that  man was on highway near town of Hoesbach in Bavaria day before when he smelled something odd in his car.  As soon as he pulled over, he spotted flames under hood of his car. He quickly grabbed bottles of beer from a case in his car, splashed beer on fire-affected areas and quenched flames. Authorities said that  fire department responded but re was thing left for m to do, as per local reports.

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Twitter reacts 

A man on Twitter gave an example of Col. Potter from TV show M*A*S*H who once used bottles of wine to fill an overheated riator, 

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Ar felt b for man and his beer: 

re were mixed reactions on Twitter, some people found incident hilarious and comical, while ors expressed ir genuine concerns for man's well being.

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n re was a man who shared ar post regarding Germany's car industry, with respect to incident 

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