Fort Collins truck fire put out by Iraq Veteran

Fort Collins truck fire knocked down by Army Veteran
Feb 21, 2013
Written by
Robert Allen

A potentially destructive truck fire at a Fort Collins shopping center was stopped at its source by a quick-thinking Army veteran with a fire extinguisher.

The smoke rising from the compact pick-up parked just outside a liquor store near Shields Street and Drake Road first appeared like blowing snow.

"I was having a drink after work, and we thought at first it was stuff blowing off the roof," said Rodney Ring, 25. "But the smoke got darker."

Ring, who served eight years in the Army, including tours as a scout sniper in Iraq and Kuwait, said he received National Guard training last year to serve this year as an emergency wildland firefighter.
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