There is an impressive video as well.
Posted on 02/02/2025 10:15:11 AM PST by Olog-hai
Local Waste employees narrowly avoided a dangerous situation on Wednesday when an oxygen tank exploded in the back of a sanitation truck as they were dumping garbage into it.
“Super fortunate,” said Ryan Jensen, with Local Waste Services, “a couple inches there would’ve been serious injuries or fatality.”
Whitehall Police said the explosion was so loud that it set off the city’s gunshot notification system.
“It sounds like a bomb went off,” said AJ Strickler, “it was chaos, there was trash everywhere.”
The tank was discovered illegally placed in a garbage can in the 4000 block of Elbern Avenue. …
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First thought was Philly plane debris
Located inside Columbus’ version of a beltway.
likely some old coot with COPD who used to have medicare oxygen tanks and threw away the old tank when he got a new medicare oxygen regenerator....
There is an impressive video as well.
To be facing the explosion, and still be walking and talking, much less having the sense to respond with fire suppression, and documenting and reporting the incident, (and cursing) is VERY lucky.
That worker should be hailed as a hero. He did a great job keeping his composure and had clear thinking.
It was reported right after the Philly plane crash that a broken medical oxygen bottle was found a couple miles from the crash site. People were theorizing that the bottle broke causing the crash. There’s been nothing more about that since that initial report.
Holy crap.
Yes, I was impressed with his presence of mind right after the explosion. Talk about a cool head in a storm. Thank God he’s OK.
I’ll give that worker credit. Despite taking it to the face once he recovered from the initial shock he was right on it and never showed fear. That’s a commendable trait, a lot of people would have just run away. He deserves a bunch of attaboys and a steak dinner.
A hero is someone who takes great risks to save others, not merely survive a mishap.
Well, as true as that is, this guy prevented the explosion from becoming a larger problem.
I’m thinking that if someone like this guy was paying attention to crazy embers flying in California, perhaps LA wouldn’t have been so burned down by now.
How? It was over and done with somewhat instantly. It wasn't really an explosion, but a venting of gas.
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