Beer Lorry Fire on The M40

Does beer burn?

At only 4% alcohol I would think not, it's more water than anything else. Add in the Carbon Dioxide content, which puts fires out, and this fire becomes quite surprising.
I suspect there was something else in this truck other than bottles of beer.

"'Beer explodes' in M40 lorry fire"

The barrels would have been under pressurer (if it was real beer and not beer-flavoured liquid-to-be carbonised-on-site) , so the fire might have weakened the barrels and caused them to explode from the internal pressure.

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Does beer burn?

At only 4% alcohol I would think not, it's more water than anything else. Add in the Carbon Dioxide content, which puts fires out, and this fire becomes quite surprising.
I suspect there was something else in this truck other than bottles of beer.

"'Beer explodes' in M40 lorry fire"

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This was a Stobart trailer truck, shown in the photos to be carrying packaged bottles of beer.
No sign of barrels or spirits, thus my interest.

The trouble with a fire involving beer, 10 mins to put the fire out, 2 hours to put the Firemen out.