Posted on 10/08/2022 9:54:56 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Ten people, including two teenagers and a young child, were killed in Friday’s explosion at a gas filling station in the northwest of Ireland, local authorities said.
Irish police said that among the 10 dead in the blast in Donegal ere four men, three women, a teenage boy, a teenage girl, and another younger girl. Police said earlier that eight people had been injured.
The explosion happened shortly after 3 p.m. local time on Friday in County Donegal at the Applegreen petrol station on the outskirts of the village of Creeslough.
Police said they believed it was a “tragic accident,” and the largest number of civilian casualty seen in decades in the region.
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Lots of solar panels which may mean lots of batteries which means potentially high levels of hydrogen gas. Just my observation from the picture.
I’m not seeing smoke/fire damage.
What exploded?
“Lots of solar panels which may mean lots of batteries which means potentially high levels of hydrogen gas. “
Most solar batteries are sealed.
Propane refilling station?
Meth lab? Looks more like an explosion in the building, more so than the gas pump area.
Hydrogen gas leaks through everything and can accumulate to dangerous levels if batteries are in a confined space without ventilation.
“Hydrogen gas leaks through everything and can accumulate to dangerous levels if batteries are in a confined space without ventilation.”
If it leaks through everything it can’t accumulate!
Yeah, how the hell does a gas station just explode, outside of a fire?
CNG cars now?
“Yeah, how the hell does a gas station just explode, outside of a fire?”
Blocks from building blown out onto street.
“CNG cars now?”
See #13
Perhaps some clever cooker decided the smells of a gas station would mask the solvent smells of a meth lab?
Well, this is Ireland 🇮🇪, and they have a history of “explosive” behavior.
Differential rates of leakage from a small container into a large compartment will create temporary accumulations in the larger compartment. The larger compartment at lower pressure will leak at a slower rate.
If you hit the correct ratio of free hydrogen to free oxygen in the larger compartment, you are ready for an explosive detonation at the first glimmer of static electricity. Or the turn of a light switch.
That is why rooms containing high-power lithium batteries must be ventilated.
“The larger compartment at lower pressure will leak at a slower rate.”
But over a much larger area.
In all seriousness, prayers to the victims' families. Tragic incident. If I recall, Applegreen is a big convivence store chain.
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