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02-16-2018, 08:30 PM
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Refuse Truck on Fire & Explosion
Looks like LPG tank explosion
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02-16-2018, 09:22 PM
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Re: Refuse Truck on Fire & Explosion
im not sure what that is. kinda looks like a garbage truck. im assuming its a compressed gas tank truck because it popped and then its looked like liquid gas was boiling and burning. lol wtf was in that garbage truck?
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02-16-2018, 09:52 PM
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Re: Refuse Truck on Fire & Explosion
All the garbage trucks in Tucson are powered by CNG. (Compressed Natural Gas) I assume this truck was also. It looks like the gas bottle is venting at first, because there is a long stream of fire coming from the left side of the truck. Then eventually, the tank goes off. Poor Oscar. |
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02-18-2018, 02:57 AM
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Re: Refuse Truck on Fire & Explosion
Investigators in Hamilton, NJ have determined that a faulty battery compartment started the electrical fire that caused a CNG garbage truck to explode in 2016, according to Police Capitan James Stevens. The fire spread from the battery to one of the CNG fuel tanks, causing the tank’s pressure relief device to activate and vent fuel into the air, as reported in Next-Gen Transportation News. The garbage truck operators tried to extinguish the flames, and failed to do so before calling 911. Luckily, nobody was hurt, though at least three houses suffered significant damage from flying debris and the CNG tank that “exploded was like a missile,” according to Hamilton, NJ police chief James Stevens. Natural gas is being used on many fleet vehicles like garbage trucks, and has been used for years, being a relatively cheap, plentiful, domestically-produced fuel. Unlike regular gas or diesel tanks, CNG tanks are at high pressures, and in the case of accidents or fire, can rupture, explode, shoot off like a missile. It's also the fastest way to clear snow from the road and parked cars  |
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02-19-2018, 06:14 AM
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Re: Refuse Truck on Fire & Explosion
I thought maybe it was going to reach the transformer on the power lines and blow that up. I wish the vid had continued. I was enjoying watching this. Glad no one was hurt. Thanks for the explanation Kellyhound.  |
