Posted by Andy Martin on September 09, 2017 at 19:27:20 from (209.213.149.120):
In Reply to: Gas Station Fire posted by John in La on September 09, 2017 at 17:17:24:
That's why I asked, could you call that an accident? Nobody did, but I'm sure the guy who set it off thought it was an accident.
In 1965 it was common to see people smoking while fueling. Station I worked in they had me mop the bays with gasoline (leaded, why I lost so much brain function) before closing. Without being told I always shut off the air compressor. One night the boss steps up to the open overhead door with his lit cigarette. I yelled at him and ran out. He laughed at me and explained to me it is hard to set gasoline off. He put a half gallon in a bucket out in the drive. Then lit a match and threw it into the bucket. It went out. He did that several times to demonstrate to me how safe it was. I've related that to chemical engineers, chemists, etc. and everyone is surprised. I have no idea how the lit match can pass into the vapors above the gasoline without setting it off. Of course once the match gets into the bucket the fumes are above the higher explosive limit. It was still a stupid thing for him to do and by the grace of God I didn't get burned up on that job as an ignorant high schooler.
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