Sapporo blast due to fumes from 120 emptied spray cans, real estate firm chief apologises

Straits Times ^ | 18 Dec 2018 | Walter Sim

[csvset]

[Jeff Chandler]

Latin is funny.

[pepsi_junkie]

I’ve cleared a room with a release of fumes but never blew up a building with them! Challenge!

[a fool in paradise]

They Wacoed themselves

[Kommodor]

This reads like something out of a sitcom, a Jackie Chan movie, or ... anime.

[mountn man]

which housed an izakaya - a bar-cum-eatery

[StolarStorm]

No corporation in the US would admit this nor apologize for it. It would be a cover up or a blame shift.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

:: izakaya - a bar-cum-eatery ::

Isn’t there supposed to be a ‘J’ on that first word?

[mountn man]

[smokingfrog]

Well, I guess they took care of those renovations.

[NormsRevenge]

Reducing Inventory ? Ouch.

Mission Accomplished.

Got rid of the whole darn thing.

Lucky no one else was extinguished tho there was a report of one seriously injured and 42 others also injured ,, probably a lot of ear drums are still ringing.. and a new pastime for the holidays for some, picking splinters.

[montag813]

Sapporo beer is excellent.

[csvset]

Very lucky ! Any chance these guys were intoxicated by the fumes ? Have excess inventory ? Next time give it away to your employees.

[jjotto]

heh heh

I have been present when the high-pressure ‘thermos bottles’ that turn 90% alcohol into 100% fuel alcohol had relief valve failure and made alcohol fog. Instant intoxication with quick recovery. Very odd feeling.

[SES1066]

Civilian demonstration of the effectiveness of Fuel-Air-Explosive (FAE), aka Aerosol Bombs. Disperse the aerosol fuel, allow for sufficient time for standard air to mix and then fire the delayed fuse. Very effective where your target is a confining area or subject to the fuel sinking into caves and crevices.

[Tucker39]

That should qualify as worthy of a Darwin Award at some level. To empty all those aerosol cans in an enclosed space, and be inhaling the fumes is idiocy, even without the explosion/fire aspect. Or maybe they thought they’d get a cheap HIGH out of it.

[Charles Martel]

"Is the building on fire? Not anymore, but it's gonna need a paint job and a sh!t load of screen doors!"

[sockmonkey]

I had a friend who ran a preschool. She said Lysol Spray was a big no no during school hours because of the volatility/flammability of the fumes.

[DIRTYSECRET]

I shoot the cans to make sure they’re empty. Guns are illegal in Japan. Culturally they fess up.

[Redcitizen]

lol. I gotta watch that movie again today or tomorrow.