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PA: Yes, it will explode!

2006 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

I live in Australia as a welder i have experimented with acetylene and know the dangers of this flammable material but perhaps the best story i have heard is when my brother and his boss one christmas eve decided to have a little fun after hours of drinking beer they butted a lit oxygen / acetylene flame out and filled a plastic garbage bag, they placed it in the middle of the itersection, across from the gas station they work at put a trail of gas from the bag some 20' or so lit the gas and ran behind the corner of a wall, it blew the canopy that sheltered the pumps completley off and broke every window in the neighbourhood the local policeman came running out of his house which was on the opposite side of the intersection , still putting his uniform on and shouting profanities asked why he wasnt told that they were going to do something like this. this happened in the 1970's and the people in the little town where it happened still talk about it and chuckle

so YES ACETYLENE MIXED WITH PURE OXYGEN IN A PLASITC BAG WILL EXPLODE!

Submitted on 01/30/2006

Submitted by: pete
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James said:
Neutral: Personal Account
What I really like about this is the policeman's asking why he wasn't told in advance of this prank! As if he would have just told your brother and his boss "Right, then, off you go..."! I'll vote to keep it as a personal account. That's a LOT of gas!


Jack said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
We haven't had a good acetylene "fireworks" submission in quite a while. I like it! Good on ya, Pete!


Jorge said:
Neutral: Personal Account


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