[Poser]

""The ammo could have exploded and shot all over," McGovern said. "If it got hot enough and the gunpowder ignited, the rounds would have become projectiles shooting out of the home." "

This is baloney. A cartridge that isn't in a barrel is a soft case with a heavy bullet. The bullet won't move much. The case will rupture and go pop or the bullet will slide out of the cartridge and the gas pressure will escape in all directions, leaving the bullet nearby.

Without a barrel to hold the gas pressure and accelerate the bullet, the bullet can't gain much velocity.

[Joe Hadenuf]

How do you explain that to people that think even spent brass is dangerous?

[Terriergal]

""The ammo could have exploded and shot all over," McGovern said. "If it got hot enough and the gunpowder ignited, the rounds would have become projectiles shooting out of the home." "

This is baloney

It may be baloney but if that was the information they were going on... what were they supposed to do, have a lecture in the middle of a fire about how it doesn't work that way?