It's a (anti-)fire grenade. These used to be very common up until the 1930s. It's filled with an anti-fire chemical of some kind. Historically they used some sort of toxic chemical but modern ones sometimes produce CO2 or ammonia to smother the fire. Some historical ones had gunpowder in them to spread the the anti-fire chemical better. They were replaced by squirting fire extinguishers because those turned out to just be better.
Here's a video by some nerd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNhjfk9BTNA
Edit: It looks like these recalled fire grenades also contain a gunpowder charge. So they explode into anti-fire powder.
i dont understand why its a ball or wtf it does
It's a (anti-)fire grenade. These used to be very common up until the 1930s. It's filled with an anti-fire chemical of some kind. Historically they used some sort of toxic chemical but modern ones sometimes produce CO2 or ammonia to smother the fire. Some historical ones had gunpowder in them to spread the the anti-fire chemical better. They were replaced by squirting fire extinguishers because those turned out to just be better.
Here's a video by some nerd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNhjfk9BTNA
Edit: It looks like these recalled fire grenades also contain a gunpowder charge. So they explode into anti-fire powder.
Do you yeet it into the fire??? Like what am I seeing here? Lol
mounting it to my wall so I can quickly grab and Kenny Powers that thing right into any blaze that starts
Got fired from my firefighter job bc I kept pulling up with one of these and shouting “KOBE!” and refusing to use the hose
I am DUNKING on that fire, bro :fidel-balling: