The accepted wisdom when a fire is happening is that “nothing is worth more than your life.” In brief, this means that, if you see a fire breaking out and you know it can’t be contained, your number one priority should be getting out of there — not digging through your old hard drives to find the one that might have a few Bitcoin on it.

Someone who either wasn’t aware of this idea or intentionally ignored it is Dutch entrepreneur Oscar Gräper. According to Roya News, Gräper had a showroom of exclusive cars. When a fire broke out in a neighboring building, he decided to go against the wishes of emergency services and begin driving them out of the building, managing to save 10 of 15 cars before being (allegedly) pepper sprayed into submission. 

A worker rushed into a burning luxury car dealership and saved every single vehicle. Even when the police told him it was too dangerous.pic.twitter.com/MQJXMTylH3

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