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Very salient points germane to the issue: At 14:36, 19, and 22 minutes, as well as the conclusions at 23:30.

Chris wrote:I was at a fire where ammo started going off. We fought it from a distance after that.

Were you scared of the noise?

In my FD we settled this question back in the 60s by simply putting some of our deer hunting rounds in a fire surrounded by a plywood enclosure. The damage was so small, although the fireworks were impressive, that we established a policy of fighting fires with ammo in them with the same level of caution that we used for any other fire.

There is a large differential in mass between the case and the projectile, which means that loose ammo will have a tendency for the case to become the projectile, and a fairly low velocity and low energy one at that, so injuries to exposed flesh might result, but the rubber coats we wore then, and today's bunker suits, would easily withstand penetration, the only thing to worry about would be the facial area.