Landcruiser + Gas = Bang

[redxm]

http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=291529

What happens when a gas bottle gets left on, inside a car. Some wicked photos

[mac_man_luke]

why would you start it, touch anything electrical when you know there is gas in it? id have waited for it to disperse before going near it!

[g220ba]

Why would you store an acetylene bottle in a fully enclosed vehicle?
He's extremely lucky to be alive after what can only be described as a pretty moronic series of events.

Surely when he smelt the gas it would be as simple as turn the bottle off open a couple of doors and walk away while it disperses?

[Assassinbm]

Originally Posted by g220ba

Why would you store an acetylene bottle in a fully enclosed vehicle?
He's extremely lucky to be alive after what can only be described as a pretty moronic series of events.

Surely when he smelt the gas it would be as simple as turn the bottle off open a couple of doors and walk away while it disperses?

Yes Dawin award candidate, open doors walk away

[flappist]

FAEs are the most powerful weapons short of nuclear.

Any fuel gas should be treated with caution but some are just downright dangerous.

[YOB POM]

Just looked at the photos and I call ******** on this.

John

[Winford]

Originally Posted by YOB POM

Just looked at the photos and I call ******** on this.

John

Tend to agree, how do you survive a blast like that and be in the car at the same time, Good luck I guess......

[PHANTMXR6]

How come there's no burn marks anywhere?

[DJR-351]

A friend of the family, back in the early 80's, went out to his panel van in the morning to go to work (Plumber), turned the key and Bang!, it took him 3 days to die of his injuries....

[Kryton]

Not the first time, wont be the last.

[SteveJH]

I'd probably just about call the fire brigade to get the area closed off as a precaution until the gas dispersed.

[Rodp]

I'm calling shenanigans on that one. Blown out ear drum and scratch on the back of the head when the rest of the cockpit is cactus. Big arseplosion with not a single sign of a scorch?

[Fev]

Big badda boom!! Damn that blokes lucky!

[Kryton]

Why has the airbag gone off?

[mik]

looks like the air bag went off, a bit surprising ay.

[BTTB]

Might have had minimal injury due to being sheilded from the explosion by the seat he was sitting in ?

[Kryton]

Originally Posted by GTWORKS

Might have had minimal injury due to being sheilded from the explosion by the seat he was sitting in ?

Im not buying it.
Look at the dash and steering wheel area.
If he was sitting there, he would have been shrapnel.
Im not doubting the car blowing up - but I 100% doubt he was in the car at the time.

[XR Martin]

Same thing.

[Tribal]

Originally Posted by XR6 Martin

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This is the same photo that has been laminated and stuck to the counter of the local SupaGas dealer as a warning - I think the bloke is tired of having to explain how dangerous tanks in vehicles can be... visual impact always seems to get the message across

[THE SLUG]

HOLY ******!!!

[MITCHAY]

Yeah let's jump in a car full of gas. True or not, what a dumbass :

[Jason[98.EL]]

I call bull as well

for one this comment is way out there

i had an acetylene bottle in my truck, the valve was bumped so slightly and over night the truck filled with the gas. i noticed the smell, and opened the doors to air out the truck. i drove the truck out of the garage to get some more air movement. i went to roll the pass side window down and as soon as i touched the power windows. BAM. with me in the truck. i lost all hearing out of my right ear and got a scratch on the back of my head. all things considering, im alive.

# 1 Acetylene is a heavy gas till it is ignited then becomes lighter than air

# 2 the truck/4x4 would be filled with so much black stuff ( fibre type stuff after acetylene is burned )that it wouldn't be funny

# 3 who here has done an acetylene bomb they are buggers I remember wrapping a tennis ball in masking tape then pealing it off and making a tennis ball size carrier for the acetylene then filling it up till the ball could not hold any more gas .....

those things made the windows rattle 20 mtrs away

If that was a cylinder worth they would be burying the guy and he wouldnt be here to talk about it sorry but bs big time

[Spanrz]

It was an explosion of some sort, metal is bent in the right ways. Don't think it's fake, unsure if it was aceytlene though. Notice the rear door still in the locked position and the metal is peeled/buckled outwards.

But common sense says "you can smell it, open door and walk away for 10 minutes".
I think aceytelene is heavier than air, so gotta becareful around any water heaters too.

We had an unexplainable event happened at work. But we think we know what happened. We had pits in our workshop, that collated all the mud/grease/oils and water over the years. We clean the floors quite regularly with a scrubber. Possibly a solution that was used, had some sort of vapours. Well when the scrubber cleaned the floors, the waste was dumped down one of the grates (the waste was collected in a proper manner of an EPA design). Somehow, someone was welding over the pit, sparks went down the drain and caught some of the vapours, then ignited and from 2 workshop bays away, shot a grate up in the air about 4 metres. This grate weighed about 90kgs. You do the math, thats so serious pressure there. Could of killed someone or multiple injuries, due to the weight of the grate.
Resultant was the pits were sealed with concrete and problem was never to happen again.

Even scary stuff happens when you don't expect it.

[ieatsports_cars]

it will buff out !

[smally289]

Originally Posted by ieatsports_cars

it will buff out !

Nah, I think it needs some bog on this one.

[DayTE]

I think some of you a being a little harsh here. Everything is easy in hindsight.

I'm sure there has been lots of times when people have smelt something and thought nothing of it and then continued on their merry way.

I've carried and continue to carry oxy/acetylene in my vehicle. It used to be in a van, now I have a Falcon ute (with canopy) and if it by chance leaks there is no way I'd smell it. But I also double check that everything is closed whenever I use it.

[mik]

if i could smell it before opening the door i`d be worried the interior light/s would set it off.

[dave351cid]

didnt take anything qwqy from the the looks of the royota anyway. maybe some inprovments

[imugli]

This happened a few hundred metres from my place a couple of years ago. Same thing - had a leaking gas tank in the van...

http://mordialloc-chelsea-leader.whe...elsea-heights/

[jaysevu]

unlucky