As if the Gen Z and millennial crowd flooding #WaterTok needed another reason to be obsessed with trendy water bottles — now comes a story out of the Southwest about a stainless steel vessel so sturdy, it survived a spectacular car fire nearly unscathed.
Chrishanna Juan, 26, was driving to school in Albuquerque, New Mexico when she noticed smoke coming from her engine.
She immediately pulled over on the side of the road and called 911 as her car quickly caught on fire.
“My car became engulfed in flames within 10 minutes of pulling over,” she told SWNS.
Firefighters arrived on the scene about another 10 minutes later and distinguished the flames.
The entire front end of her car was burned to a crisp — all that was left was her HydroFlask.
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The stainless steel water bottles are made of primarily iron, chromium, nickel and small amounts of manganese and copper, Hydro Flask told Fox News.
Once the fire was put out, Juan asked the firefighters if they could retrieve her “emotional support water bottle.”
In a video, a firefighter is seen pulling the bottle from the car in nearly perfect condition.
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The clip is sure to be a hit with the Gen Alpha, Gen Z and millennial followers of the current water bottle craze, which has seen crowds rushing to stores to snag limited edition bottles and even inspiring a counterfeit market.
The firefighter told Juan “it might have to get a new lid,” as they inspected the water bottle but noted that the water had remained clean and cold.
“[I still use it] because it wasn’t ruined,” Juan told SWNS.
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After the fiery fiasco, Juan has even more faith that the water bottles, which cost between $20 to $50, are “awesome” and “worth every penny.”
“It’s also my favorite color,” she added.
This incident comes just months after a similar situation involving a Stanley tumbler went viral.
In Nov. TikTok user @danimarielettering shared a video of the inside of her car that was on fire the day prior, and everything was visibly destroyed — except for her Stanley cup.
The cup was resting in the cupholder as if nothing happened and it was never touched.
