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To: houeto

We use the first cop laying on the ground to mark the hot zone. (^;

FWIW a full acetlene cylinder is at about 250psi and an O2 is about 2300

I have seen home O2 cylinders stuck through the wall after a fire. As the left the apartment, they looked like rockets as the aluminum burned.


20 posted on 02/12/2014 8:19:07 AM PST by Clay Moore ("To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize." ~Voltaire)
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To: Clay Moore

Thank you Clay for correctly pointing out the AL was the fuel — a Class D fire.

O2 NEVER burns unless we are talking nuclear fires, and we ain’t.

The Oxygen cylinders are pressure-propelled when the top valve is broken off or otherwise fails.


30 posted on 02/12/2014 9:13:21 AM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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