Petrol station explosion

[moewishaw]

a cell phone is enough to light the petrol vapour, which is present.

[Blobadon]

I watched this in a FOUR hour health and safety training course and the bloke doing the talk said this happened out in Dubai and apparently he got up there and he lit his lighter to take a look inside the tanker ( i suppose to see how much is in there or whatever ) and then the rest is history

[SuperPompeyfan]

Anything that can cause a spark to mix with fuel (vapour) and O2 would do it. Apparently even remote control locking your car or static build up has been known to cause the same result! I too watched this at a safety briefing

[radeakins]

I work for Shell and they have this clip in the safety promotion videos. It wasn't a phone, he was using a cigarette lighter.

[secretrings]

Holy shit was he OK?

[NGMan62]

@secretrings Mentally, no.

[BoomChickaWoww]

LMAO.

[Orcnas]

lol The guy is like - oh man my mom is calling me :@ .And then BOOM LOL

[blabla5468]

yay kaboom !

[galloway6204]

Call of death!

[twistedlogical]

clarifty, petrol is not flamable, the vapour it gives off is, which is also deadly if stick ur head in a bucket with a half litre of petrol in, as the vapour is heavier than air it stays in the bucket and will kill u

[twistedlogical]

As soon as the hatch on the tanker opened, Petrol vapours escaped due to being heated up and expanding on the tankers trip to the station. petrol vapour is explosive, the petrol isself is not flamable, but it is a highly volatile liquid and the vapour is what the real problem is, i.e. the stuff u CANT see

[twistedlogical]

mobile phones contain a battery, any thing electrical has teh potential to spark, or discharge a static charge which can cause a spark

[fabiomoreto]

man + mobile = explosion heare in brazil

[motorbikefliptrick]

bull shit thats a phone phones dont do that its a load of shit

[smilesmilesmilehead]

@motorbikefliptrick yeah they just put those "turn your phone off signs" up at petrol startions for a joke. You stupid cunt.

[aussienerds]

o yeh for a joke theres another load of shit

[smilesmilesmilehead]

Yeah they try to make your visit to a petrol station as fun as It can possibly be, all that shit about safety, pfft it's the main punchline... :)

[atanas747]

I read that a recent research found that cellphones indeed do not cause fires at petrol stations. Your language is lovely. I am sure you don't use it in your non-cyber life though big guy...

[GoodDaySquire]

Oh man, thats a nasty way to go...

[The878709]

wow...

scared me

[luqmanscam]

-.-

[TheEmoKiller3000]

oh shit

[Leon112006]

static i think. at 1.25 you see him jump back, then bang.

[PolxenTwo]

Yeahh

[CaptainEagle09]

What were all those red and yellow balls?

[tr3nz]

pillar baloon decoration:)

[happinin]

we saw this video at my training academy when i was doing my security course. It was in our OH&S topic. The guy who catches on fire actually dies from this

[gielfransen]

oh i wanted to ask if he died =[ Thats sad realy.

[Jemma1487]

just to think i work at a petrol station have u seen all the over vids on here to do with stations, i do work in one of the most dangerous jobs going :(

trust me i have seen some crazy stuff

[UKG0L8EN8OY]

he forgot to earth the tanker, a charge built up and casued a park, causing the explosion.

[samjtm]

i was going to say that just as i was reading your comment

[vne1981]

@UKG0L8EN8OY This is true. It happened at Sydney Airport a few years ago too, luckily it was AVTUR so there was no fire.

[boozled86]

omfg wat an idiot

[Burns169]

y is he an idiot??

[boozled86]

u dont check how full a tanker is by using a ciggarette lighter LOL

[smilesmilesmilehead]

Haha