• According to emergency crews, the foam that took over the Californian town of Santa Clara resulted from the accidental discharge of fire retardant at San Jose Airport!
• It’s reported that the San Jose Fire Dept arrived to find a 3-metre foam blob that almost covered street signs, but no fire.
• Captain Mitch Matlow said the foam can be carcinogenic in high concentration, which may have worried the cyclist who looked to be having a great time in the foam, which he said felt and smelled like soap.
• The foam is an aqueous film forming foam, which was invented by Russian engineer Aleksandr Loran in 1902.
• The film works by cooling the fire and coating fuel so it does not come into further contact with oxygen.

Read more:

http://www.sciencealert.com/a-massive-undulating-foam-blob-has-taken-over-a-street-in-california

http://news.sky.com/story/giant-foam-blob-leaks-from-airport-hangar-and-spreads-in-san-jose-10662573

http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/massive-moving-foam-blob-creates-strange-scenes-in-california-812776515795

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