Posted by kcm.MN on September 09, 2017 at 23:56:13 from (174.219.128.232):
In Reply to: Gas Station Fire posted by John in La on September 09, 2017 at 17:17:24:
One thing to consider is, as you're filling your gas tank, the inflowing gas is pushing out gasoline vapors. If there is little to no wind and a heat source is directly in front of the tank (or slightly to one side if a very slight breeze), then it's entirely possible for the fumes to combust. It's not the liquid form of gas that ignites, but the vapor.
So, if someone were standing in front of their nozzle with it locked open, then chose to light up a smoke, the fumes could combust. If someone had a lit cigarette in their hand and went to grab the nozzle, the fumes could combust. Will they every time? No. Problem is, people get careless.
If there was spilled gas on the ground, the gas vapors would have a longer distance to mix with air in order to combust, unless someone were stupid enough to throw their cig into the spill. It could also be that some other yahoo threw their cig on the ground and it rolled into an area of spilled gas, even at another vehicle. Without more details, any number of plausible scenarios exist.
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