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Can I drive over a fire hose at the scene of a fire?

You should never, ever drive over a fire hose at a fire scene. That hose is supplying water to firefighters that are inside fighting fire. If that hose was to burst (which they do when a vehicle runs over them), those firefighters would not have any water protection between them and the flames and they could be killed or injured.

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