Patent ID: 8875802

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a blanket having a length and a width, said blanket being structured and arranged for flexible accommodation to permit wrapping said blanket around at least a portion of an exterior of a container of flammable liquid, said blanket comprising a plurality of pockets disposed in a first layer; fire suppression compound disposed in the plurality of pockets; and at least one two-layer pouch within at least one of the plurality of pockets comprising an inner layer and an outer layer disposed around a sub-portion of the fire suppression compound, the at least one two-layer pouch comprising a substantially barrier layer disposed to resist flow of the flammable liquid, water, and liquid hydrocarbons, from outside of said blanket, into said fire suppression compound, wherein the inner layer of the two-layer pouch comprises polyethylene (PE) and the outer layer of the two-layer pouch comprises polyethylene terephalate (PET).