I don’t know how there things happen…
Posted on 07/13/2026 8:22:36 PM PDT by Libloather
A welder miraculously walked away after his car exploded in a quiet New Jersey suburb on Monday morning — waking up residents to debris flying into their homes, according to authorities.
A 28-year-old man was inside his vehicle on Congressional Lane in Totowa, about 20 miles from Manhattan, around 5:30 a.m. when it was suddenly blown apart, the Totowa Police Department said in a statement.
The man was able to escape from the wrecked vehicle on his own and was taken to a local hospital for treatment and observation, cops said.
The victim, who is a welder, was alert and coherent when he emerged from the car, WABC reported. Authorities have not divulged what injuries he sustained.
A preliminary investigation revealed the explosion was likely caused by a leaking acetylene cylinder in the car’s trunk, police said.
Residents were woken up by their windows shattering, fences caving in and pieces of the blasted car careening into their homes on the tree-lined street following the blast, the outlet reported.
“We heard an explosion around 5:30 in the morning. It was very loud, it sounded like a giant boom, so that’s the first thing to say,” neighbor Sheldon Blaine told the local ABC affiliate station.
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What’s his name; Maxwell Smart?
Stoichiometry is a cruel mistress...
He made a Belgian Bag Bomb out of his own car.
I don’t know how there things happen…
I was wondering why "welder" was in the headline.
Now I know.
The Giant Boom “sounded like a giant boom” — neighbor Sheldon Blaine
The man-on-the-scene report.
A little buffing here, a little buffing there. Should be fine.
leaking acetylene cylinder in the car’s trunk...
I think that’s called burying the lede. It belongs in the headline. As in “MORON TRANSPORTS LEAKING ACETYLENE CYLINDER IN HIS CAR’S TRUNK, SUFFERS CONSEQUENCES”.
Hillary’s handiwork?...............
Walking away from an exploding car.
Vehicle wreckage...
John Wick’s friend and mechanic: “Oh, and I don’t know if you noticed your windshield is cracked, too.”
At 5:30 in the morning?
Yours truly, Lefty Rosenthal
Great movie. But a car bomb got him in the end. I lived in the Cleveland area during the bombing spree, and I saw the explosion when he blew up a treacherous confederate.
They say the trend of dozens of bombs set the pace for the future style of gang rivalries. Jimmy Hoffa’s wife told people she believed she would die by a car bomb someday.
He was probably heading to work.
Guess he didn’t need coffee that day
There are hearing aids in his future. That is if he still has ear drums.
The problem with acetylene cylinders is if you lay them on their side, the acetone inside the fuller’s earth matrix in which the acetylene is dissolved can leak out.
Then things go BANG.
Weldor = one who welds
Welder = machine used for welding.
Call me old fashioned. That’s what I learned when I was a certified weldor.
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