[Hib Halverson]

Forget about the starter and so forth. If you have dry chem powder under the hood after fire wash everything immediately with water. Fire extinguisher powder is corrosive and needs to be washed away asap.

In the future, keep your two hood releases adjusted properly and buy one of those broken hood release cable tools that gets the hood latches undone when the cable is broken. I've carried on in my 95 since I bought the car in 1995.