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I've never played Minecraft before, but that video of fire spreading through that Minecraft structure & surrounding trees is frighteningly realistic.

I recently got training in a volunteer neighborhood emergency response organization (CERT, in case you're interested) and they showed a video of how quickly a fire can spread. It's truly frightening.

I found my heart racing when I watched that Minecraft fire just like when I watched a real fire on video.

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This one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4W82HIzUcc

Ah yes, exactly like that.

The firefighters pointed out that - unlike in the movies - the smoke becomes so thick so quickly that you can't run out of a burning house. You usually have to crawl. They themselves usually crawl if they really must enter a burning unit, so they can somewhat see where they're going. In some cases, even that's not possible. So they'll keep one hand on the wall and slowly make their way in. Frightening. I give firefighters a lot of credit.

Here's the Minecraft Fire video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnjSWPxJxNs

Post-Mortem (or maybe a different house, but still hilarious): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MuM61RKtcs

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