Caught on Camera: Tanker Explodes at Gas Station
- Posted on December 11, 2011 at 2:08pm by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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A tanker driver was injured Sunday when the vehicle exploded at a gas station in Melbourne, Australia. Closed-circuit TV caught the blast on camera, which occurred when leaked gasoline somehow ignited during refueling, the Australian Broadcasting Company reported.
Fire crews arrived at the petrol station in Stud Road, Rowville, at about 1am to find the tanker ablaze.
Another wall of flame up to 150 metres long, caused by leaked fuel, also burnt down the driveway of a nearby hotel, igniting two parked cars.
“There was another car trying to escape the flames that crashed into a tree, but I believe there wasn’t anyone injured in that,” Country Fire Authority (CFA) deputy group officer Peter Shaw said.
The driver of the petrol tanker was taken to hospital with burns to his arms and legs.
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Rick Steele
Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:19amKrieky!
Maybe the truck driver forgot to attach the grounding wire.
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on December 12, 2011 at 1:28pmMust have been at a BP station.
Report Post »ZengaPA65
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 10:46pmLess than 5 minutes after the explosion the mainstream media who happened to be there covering the event live, blamed it on a group of Muslims. In a few weeks Australia will start attacking random resource rich 3rd world nations on false pretenses. Meanwhile back in Australia the parliament has taken away all the civil rights of the Aussies at 3am while they all slept.
To be continued….
Report Post »Longshot35
Posted on December 12, 2011 at 1:58amLet me guess. . . It was George Bush and Dick Cheney really caused the fuel to ignite?
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on December 12, 2011 at 3:42amThat would make sense LONGSHOT35, but what actually happened was Obama and OWS were in a secret meeting. Their spewings caused a monstrous bubble of superheated air mixed with methane to combust when all of the 99% simultaneously lit their crack pipes.
Report Post »wbalzley
Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:28amSNARK: And they say ELECTRIC cars are dangerous!
Report Post »Black Tiger
Posted on December 12, 2011 at 2:49pmA new use for the Halliburton Weather Machine., LMAO!
Report Post »davidstep
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 10:05pmWonder what the ignition source was? If you are in the US, it is less likely to happen, though. US fuel takers us a vapor recovery system that actually pulls vapors from the fuel tank back into the tanker truck. Also, there is a vapor release on the fuel tank that has to be higher than the buildings surrounding it and away from the tank itself. (I drive a chemical tanker just for anyone asking.)
Report Post »Reconstructed leftist
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 7:53pmThat’s NOTHING compared to WW II….
Report Post »sreksuhn
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 8:40pmTrue. So true
Report Post »LovingAmerica
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 7:18pmI was 10 years old in 1965 when I was in an explosion at a gas station. A huge 18-wheeler had just filled up and the driver forgot to remove the nozzle from his gas tank. As he was pulling away, the hose snapped and the gas pump burst into flames. My mom, sister, myself & brother and our 3 month old collie puppy were in our car directly beside the pump that exploded we we were filling up, too. One flash and we were all scrambling to get out. Our puppy did not make it and my mom ended up in the hospital with 3rd degree burns for a month. It was horrible. It is amazing to me how people can be so ignorant around gas stations. They smoke cigarettes as they are fueling up – not giving a single thought to the vapors that are flammable and ever present. An explosion like this happens so quickly – in the blink of an eye. The only reason we made it out was because we were all sitting in the front seat (we were so small) and the car door was already open on the side away from the pump. If it were not for that saving grace, I probably would not be here. There was no time to pick up our puppy – not one fraction of an instant to spare. How that has haunted and grieved me over the years.
Report Post »napili
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 5:11pmGot to pray for the driver and hope he and his family are okay…
Report Post »jamesh1011
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 4:56pmWatch in the video. The place is about to go up in flames and one woman stays long enough to remove some change from one of the tables. First things first.
Report Post »boltach
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 8:37pmFirst thought was car keys or cell phone…
Report Post »wbalzley
Posted on December 12, 2011 at 4:31amNORMALCY BIAS: In times of crisis people hold on to routine activities to give themselves a sense of comfort and continuity–it is a form of denial, a way to pretend that bad things aren’t really happening…
Report Post »80mesh
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 4:49pmthe only time you have too much fuel is when you are on fire … case in point
Report Post »Cat
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 3:51pmThat tuck driver is lucky he wasn’t asphyxiated
Report Post »Hope he gets the best of care
Burns affect the circulatory, respiratory, digestive, nervous system and even the psyche
God’s speed there fellow
mbean
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 3:39pm“Lightning theory on truck inferno”
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/lightning-strike-theory-on-truck-inferno/story-fn6bfmgc-1226219448423
Wow and I thought lightning was just aiming for my 2 iron.
Report Post »blaaaaackwoman
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 3:30pmOnce I farted near a campfire and the resulting fireball singed the eyebrows off of 10 people sitting around the fire. I am banned from most gas stations.
Report Post »dread_pirate_roberts
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 4:10pmAy, I know whatcha’ mean. Happened near a lantern on the stern ‘o me ship, save a full day crossin tha gulf!
One day I’ll outgrow my boyscout sense of humor, but I’m only 15 with 29 years experience.
Seriously, I pray for that man and his family, what they must be going through. Hope he is getting the best of care.
Report Post »Hickory
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 4:35pmIt also happened at an Obama rally. It burned the hair off the entire front row.
Report Post »rdietz7
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 6:32pmBlack woman you should be more considerate to other campers.
Report Post »Californiasodbuster
Posted on December 12, 2011 at 1:28amFlatulence will usually get peoples attention, that one would be hard to live down.
Report Post »olddog
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 3:26pmMelbourne is a really cool city, beautiful country and some really nice people..
Report Post »AB5r
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 3:26pmHis big mistake was eating at Taco Bell on the way there.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 2:50pmAmazing.
Report Post »The_Plumber_Says
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 2:48pmDamn!
Report Post »rt elms
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 2:42pmIt makes perfect sense the flame would come towards the truck. The gas fumes propagate away from the source of the leak until an ignition source is encountered and the conflagration ensues. This is exactly the reason I never use a station that has a truck in the lot replenishing the gasoline supply.
Report Post »shagstar
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 2:52pmperhaps you should enlist you‘re expansive knowledge and offer you’re expertise too the aussie’s and solve this boo-boo!
Report Post »rt elms
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 3:11pm“No worries mate,” they can figure it out on their own. Now you will have to excuse me as I have Sunday “shrimp on the barbie” to tend. Cheers!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 3:32pmNot only that .. but the gas going into the tank stirs up any impurities that have gone to the bottom .. I too never go into a station when the tanker is there .. for all the reasons stated.
Report Post »brntout
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 2:17pmThe fire looks more like arson. Notice the fire comes at the truck like a gas fuse.
Report Post »Kalshion
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 6:44pm@Brntout
It’s hard to tell really, while the fire appears to travel the ground, it also looks like something else might’ve triggered it. Sadly the angle of the camera doesn’t tell us much other than the fire originated on the otherside side, blocking the camera.
Report Post »jespasinthru
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 7:48pmI was thinking the same thing. Although the video is grainy and short, that explosion looks suspiciously like sabotage to me.
Report Post »JunkFixer
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 11:31pmLook at the slo-mo near the end of the vid. Something that looks like an electrical arc is visible near the front of the tractor. It does resemble lightning.
Report Post »ReallyAUnionGuy
Posted on December 12, 2011 at 2:20pmpumping fuel causes static electricity, the truck is supposed to be grounded to prevent this from happening. It can happen to you as well just filling up your private automobile. The fire comes back towards the truck because the vapors spread from the truck outward until it finds an ignition source and then flashes back to the source of the vapor. No arson here, just an unfortunate accident. Hope the driver makes a full recovery.
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