Raw Video: Gas Tanker Explodes Near Detroit

Flames shot hundreds of feet into the air after a gasoline tanker exploded Wednesday night underneath a highway overpass near Detroit, collapsing part of the overpass onto the interstate below. (July 15)

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[RuflessRecords]

y2kno, at the WTC fire didn't melt steel and it didn't have to. Steel loses half its strength at 1100 degrees and fires there got up to 1800, at which point steel at 10% strength. It was severely weakened and collapsed.

[laxplaya1305]

For anyone who may question my source, I am studying to become a firefighter. I learned all of this in my building construction class. The text was Building Construction for the Fire Service by Francis L. Brannigan. Other than that, its just common sense.

[RuflessRecords]

@DrLsw there was no controlled demolition of building 7 and there has never ever been any evidence to suggest it was, conspiratard claims notwithstanding. "Er, the leaseholder said pull it so that proves...(farting sound)".

Building 7 was severely damaged like many other small buildings near the giant Twin Towers when they collapsed. The building in between it and the closest tower was completely destroyed. 7 was severely damaged, burned for hours and then collapsed.

[DrLsw]

@RuflessRecords really? still how does that explain the controlled demolition of building 7? and the 45 degree angle cuts they found on the support beams.

[ironhorzmn]

@NegApproach I do. They are. Truthers are clinically insane.

[xanzus]

I do wonder how steel IS melted then...

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[RuflessRecords]

Laxplaya, tell it to a few conspirafreaks if you get a chance. Or people under the influence of them.

[laxplaya1305]

Yes, at 1000, steel members begin to elongate. Over 1000, a steel member will expand 9 1/2 in. over 100 feet of length. Once it reaches an obstruction, it will buckle or overturn. At any temperature above 1300, steel members may fail. At which point the weight of the building shifts to other supporting members. Obviously, steel conducts heat so when the weight shifts, it is shifting to other members which have been weakened by heat and distortion which will fail thus bringing about collapse.

[mttyflynn]

What good is this Video with that big-assed "cheese rapper"?

These ego-centric news agencies have been using these intrusive "cheese rappers" from the first Gulf War.

[ffjsb]

Neg, some of these guys are lucky the respiratory drive is located in the base of the brain... there doesn't seem to be much else in their head.

[NegApproach]

The tanker truck did not strike any support columns. It was simply the intense heat of the burning petrol. The driver rolled the tanker into the embankment on the far right side. I don't need to go to school to come up with a logical conclusion. Your English and sentence structure, on the other hand, not so great. Don't throw rocks in a glass house there buddy.