Chicago Fire (TV Series)

A Volatile Mixture (2018)

Kate Villanova: Naomi Graham

Quotes 

• Matthew Casey : Okay, you recording?

  Naomi Graham : Yeah. So talk me through this. What are we doing?

  Matthew Casey : We are trying to recreate the conditions inside the kitchen of a Grandbrook trailer. See if we can get this refrigerator to fail.

  Naomi Graham : What's your theory?

  Matthew Casey : A gas absorption fridge runs on hydrogen and ammonia, but this third-rate appliance has no heat shielding around the tank. And then the geniuses at Grandbrook install it right next to a stove. If the tank heats up enough, it gets overpressured, which triggers the blowoff valve, releasing a volatile mixture of fuel and oxidizer right next to the hot stove. Kablooey.

  Naomi Graham : [laughs]  I never would have figured that out on my own. I don't know how to thank you for all you're doing.

  [the back of the refrigerator catches fire] 

  Naomi Graham : You were right.

  Matthew Casey : Now you have your proof.