Tanker Truck Explosion Kills Two

jbell0129 · #41 ● 11-12-2023, 05:16 AM

Great vid

bigbear8 · #42 ● 11-12-2023, 09:35 AM

When those gasses are evaporating like that it gets extremely cold. The guys on top of tank were probably frost bitten from flash freezing when it all started.

Had to be. I've pumped propane before and let me tell you, it is COLD! That alone would have likely frozen me in my tracks, but then to get fire on top of that. That is no good!

On another note though, I wonder if propane in China is required to have that distinctive propane smell added to it.

Ozymandias · #43 ● 11-12-2023, 10:15 AM

Originally Posted by spycosis ↗

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Pyramid_Head · #44 ● 11-13-2023, 10:09 AM

That's a rough way to go, hopefully it was fast.

Heavy · #45 ● 11-13-2023, 12:34 PM

My favorite

gimlet · #46 ● 11-13-2023, 12:56 PM

Originally Posted by Pyramid_Head ↗

That's a rough way to go, hopefully it was fast.

The freezing or frame broiling?

M.F.D.B. · #47 ● 11-13-2023, 03:52 PM

At least only the 2 knuckleheads who started the leak, died. Looks like they both passed out and fell to the ground nearly the same time...

Being unconscious definitely spared much of the suffering...

icehole · #48 ● 11-13-2023, 08:29 PM

I was wondering how far would the fire spread and it was farther than I expected

M.F.D.B. · #49 ● 11-13-2023, 09:19 PM

Originally Posted by William May ↗

I think that was LNG or Liquified Natural Gas. (Propane?)

You can see them screwing with something on top of the tanker, maybe a relief valve. I don't know why it started venting, but then it went wild. Propane is heavier than air, and sinks to the ground. All I could think of was for that chick on the right side of the screen to run as fast as she could. When that lights off it's gonna be a furnace, and it was. It looks like her little time flaming came from the vapors permeating her clothing, then flashing and burning off. I hope she didn't get burned too badly. I am amazed that the truck guys survived. I wonder who the fatalities were?

LNG is, "liquefied natural gas", this is 100% NOT that. This would require a cryogenic transport vehicle and when it turns back to a gas it is lighter than air. This was LPG "liquid propane gas" which is a liquid under pressure at room temperature, NOT requiring cryogenic temps and is *heavier* than air in gaseous form....

doggybear · #50 ● 11-15-2023, 10:48 PM

Originally Posted by Nargacugapp ↗

Wowee, that vapor cloud had spread out way further than I thought. RIP to the 2 fatalities.

Did you notice how the flames went after the 2 persons running away ? Creepy, Must have been covered in vapour

Tanker Truck Explosion Kills Two

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