They don’t blow up, but they will create a bigass torch that will spin them around some. You’re not getting blown into pieces, but you’re going to be going into the er with some bbq’d body parts.
Because the tank was almost empty. Who knows what happens if it’s full, or overpressured, or corroded or something. Hiding behind a solid object would be my move as well.
yeah this will work but you basically have to create a fire around the tank while keeping it pressurized right? you have to bring the whole tank to the point where it overwhelms the relief valve.
so I actually had a friend years back who worked at a junkyard.
I was hanging out there with him one time (definitely probably not smoking anything…) and he was still clearing things out.
so he grabs a propane tank and brings it up to where he has an oxyacetylin torch, lights the torch and starts cutting into the tank.
I about shit my pants and took off at least 50 ft back behind a car asking if he was trying to die today.
apparently I was the one that didn’t know what I was talking about though because of a second later he cut through and it just popped a little flame.
he just let that flame burn until it was out and that’s how he knew the tank was empty.
apparently these things are very hard to blow up.
They don’t blow up, but they will create a bigass torch that will spin them around some. You’re not getting blown into pieces, but you’re going to be going into the er with some bbq’d body parts.
maybe if it was more full?
the tank didn’t even move when I saw it, just a little flame about 4 inches long for a couple mins.
was super anticlimactic
I’ve experienced something like that before ♀️ 😭
Also, if you handle them a lot, it’s easy to tell how full they are by weight alone.
That sounds like it had almost nothing left in the tank. A full one will burn for a good bit.
Thanks, Hank
Coal is not allowed in this household!
BLEVE
Because the tank was almost empty. Who knows what happens if it’s full, or overpressured, or corroded or something. Hiding behind a solid object would be my move as well.
Pressurised gas is a different story, and liquid pressurised gas is even worse still.
Basically a bomb if they are in a fire.
yeah this will work but you basically have to create a fire around the tank while keeping it pressurized right? you have to bring the whole tank to the point where it overwhelms the relief valve.
Yup. I’ve seen news footage of fuel depot fires where they had them stored, and you can hear them popping off like firecrackers.