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To: Bonemaker

That looked like 2 separate explosions. The first looked more like a chemical release of some type, while the second explosion looked more like a gaseous explosion (instant firearm spread out as it burned all,the escaping gas) which then lit the chemicals on fire too. Was that a natural gas or propane tank sitting behind whatever exploded first?


11 posted on 02/12/2023 6:32:23 AM PST by Bob434
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To: Bob434

Maybe it was a BLEVE, boiling liquid, evaporating vapor, explosion? Liquid doesn’t actually burn it has to turn into a vapor, which happens at vastly different ambient temperatures.


13 posted on 02/12/2023 6:48:37 AM PST by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with Nixon?)
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To: Bob434

I think it’s propane. The column of fire is from a pressure relief valve. As the liquid burns off, gas occupies more volume inside and the tank begins to heat up more, then it weakens, distorts, and ruptures.


16 posted on 02/12/2023 7:37:58 AM PST by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." — M. O'Neal, USMC)
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To: Bob434

Not sure...probably a demonstration for fire professionals.


18 posted on 02/12/2023 8:09:06 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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