Ammunition doesn’t really “explode” in fire...at least, not with the force and velocity it develops when shot from a gun. The gun’s chamber acts like a pressure chamber as the powder burns; the force-fit resistance of the bullet traveling down the barrel is the path of least resistance for the pressure.
When ammunition is triggered outside of a gun (like in a fire), the bullet will fly one way and the case the other way, usually before the propellant powder has all been burned. Think “POP” instead of “BANG”.
Thank you. Damn Hollywood...
Usually the most injuries from exploding ammo is from case shrapnel. Unless its a large capacity case like a 50BMG.
Blackpowder is a different story though, as we know smokeless powders are propellants of different velocities from fast for small pistol and shotshells to lumbering stuff in big game cartridges.
Indeed, I have verified the same with more than one fireman. I had considerably more guns and ammunition than this guy(back before the boating accident!)which is why I was asking. Even packed in ammo cans it won’t “explode” in a fire like TV and movies portray.