Woman lights cigarette in mini-van, propane tank explodes, shaking homes in Virginia

[1srelluc]

It happened in Burke, Virginia....NOtVA leftist central.

She lived!



Darwin foiled!

 

[fncceo]

I would need a judges ruling on that one.

I'm not saying it's impossible, but it's not very likely.

For a propane tank to explode is an extremely rare thing. It typically only happens when external fire surrounding the tank causes pressure to build beyond the capacity of the pressure relief plug to reduce internal pressure.

That car was clearly not engulfed in flames.

A punctured tank can release gas with enough force to send the tank flying and if the released gas is ignited by a spark or other flame it can spurt flame out of the hole like a flame thrower until gas is extinguished ... but to explode in the absence of incredible heat is highly improbable.

That van looks like it was rolled a few times, but not damaged by a massive explosion.

 

[Zincwarrior]

OOps

 

[1srelluc]

I would need a judges ruling on that one.

I'm not saying it's impossible, but it's not very likely.

For a propane tank to explode is an extremely rare thing. It typically only happens when external fire surrounding the tank causes pressure to build beyond the capacity of the pressure relief plug to reduce internal pressure.

That car was clearly not engulfed in flames.

A punctured tank can release gas with enough force to send the tank flying and if the released gas is ignited by a spark or other flame it can spurt flame out of the hole like a flame thrower until gas is extinguished ... but to explode in the absence of incredible heat is highly improbable.

That van looks like it was rolled a few times, but not damaged by a massive explosion.

Shits on fire yo.

 

[fncceo]

I've attended more than a few car fires and once they start burning, they rarely stop until there's nothing flammable left in the car, seats burned down to springs, carpets, headliners, and anything fabric or plastic is gone and burned away or melted to goo. Even the bodies inside are pretty decimated by the time it's put out.

From that angle, there is definitely fire, but it must have been put out pretty quickly.

A leaking propane tank might have built up a gas pocket that ignited by a cigarette, and that would have created a ball of flame that exploded. But, I wonder how someone sitting a car filling with propane didn't smell it as all commercially available propane is treated with ethyl mercaptan (that smells like rotten eggs).

 

[1srelluc]

I've attended more than a few car fires and once they start burning, they rarely stop until there's nothing flammable left in the car, seats burned down to springs, carpets, headliners, and anything fabric or plastic is gone and burned away or melted to goo. Even the bodies inside are pretty decimated by the time it's put out.

From that angle, there is definitely fire, but it must have been put out pretty quickly.

A leaking propane tank might have built up a gas pocket that ignited by a cigarette, and that would have created a ball of flame that exploded. But, I wonder how someone sitting a car filling with propane didn't smell it as all commercially available propane is treated with ethyl mercaptan (that smells like rotten eggs).

You can clearly see how it was blown outwards.....Something inside went Kaboom!

Maybe that why the Fairfax Co. PD assigned a crime investigator to the incident.

LOL....Maybe it was a SIG 320 next to the propane tank.

 

[fncceo]

I don’t mean to question the official report but having worked in a newsroom for a while (Bloomberg Tokyo and New York), I can testify that most reporters don’t know their arse from a hot rock and will believe anything they are told.

It has made me skeptical of any fantastic yarn that come out of the news.