[superhamster]

He'll be fine after a week in rehab.

[Aries85]

My first thoughts were I’m screen shotting that pic, nice.

[Toby]

Woah extra crispy. I kinda want to pick at his head

[philovan]

There is an album cover in the making.

[RiversEdge]

Originally Posted by philovan ↗

There is an album cover in the making.

Got a Starter Idea

[denemarsden]

I told him not to have the mutton vindaloo

[Toby]

At least he went out in style

[knob976]

Next Megadeth album cover.

[LrlynJy]

Originally Posted by JustAnotherIdiot ↗

Those “explosions” were probably the tires bursting, thus adding a ton of oxygen to the fuel causing the flame bursts. This would explain why everything was intact. It was more of a burning situation than “explosions”

Fuel trucks have very thick plating. so there's probably no concussion wave passed through the driver's cab. But the extreme heat and flames really cooked him. as for the multiple explosions, that's probably the tanker compartment going off in different times. Fuel tankers have at least 4 compartments, each supposed to be sealed off from the others. each with own top hatch locked independently.

[JustAnotherIdiot]

Originally Posted by LrlynJy ↗

Fuel trucks have very thick plating. so there's probably no concussion wave passed through the driver's cab. But the extreme heat and flames really cooked him. as for the multiple explosions, that's probably the tanker compartment going off in different times. Fuel tankers have at least 4 compartments, each supposed to be sealed off from the others. each with own top hatch locked independently.

First fuel trucks do not have “thick plating”. They are approximately 3/16” aluminum, this can be bent with the hand, and punctured with a screw driver and small hammer. Also, the compartments are vented and not pressure vessels.

Tankers are made of lightweight aluminum. At the top they are fitted with vented manlids. These manlids are designed to vent pressure in moments. If there was pressure building in the fuel chambers of the tanks, you would see bursts of flame going nearly straight up. However with this fire, the aluminum of the tanks probably just melted away dumping all the fuel on the puddle.

For an explosion you need three things. #1Fuel (in abundance here) #2oxygen (plenty around which is why there is fire, but not in the presence of...) #3pressure which is needed for an explosion.

Drop a match in a bucket of a gallon of gasoline and it will flare up as the fuel/air fumes above the gas are consumed, then just slowly burn. Then put an electric igniter in a sealed gas can with an ounce of fuel. Shake it up, set it down, clear the area and trigger the igniter and you will get a big boom.

But all this is just scholastic... watch the video closely and you can see pieces of tire rain down on them after one of the “booms” (the camera tracks one as it falls). If the “boom” came from the tanker, tire would go down, not up.