[jonascord]

Like a cop would know the difference. Stick and torch welding is becoming a lost art, when Lowes has a $200 MIG welder. I can see him using a torch to heat up a lug, or burn off a nut. Air heated to 1500 degrees is going to expand. Boyle's Law rides again.

[tacticalogic]

I can see him using a torch to heat up a lug, or burn off a nut.

I could see him doing that too, but the account of the rim being found 15 feet away didn't seem consistent with the idea that he was trying to get it unbolted when it blew up.