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Posted: 7/21/2010 2:01:30 PM EDT
[#1]
Nope, I've seen two vehicles (one that drove through two sheet metal walls) catch on fire, neither exploded and were quickly extinguished by bystanders.
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Posted: 7/21/2010 2:06:18 PM EDT
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Yep. Once. (Seen several vehicle fires - only one explosion) Delivery truck on fire. Pop. Small fireball. More smoke and flames. It was NOTHING like what I typically see in the movies. Edit - typos |
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Posted: 7/21/2010 2:07:05 PM EDT
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In my 58 years, man and boy, I have never seen a car explode like they do on TV. I have seen a number of cars catch fire and burn, but none explode. For the record, have any of you guys actually seen a car explode? One time I drove from northern california to cabo san lucas. In mexico on highway 1 I drove by a bus with the tail end on fire. As I drove by the tail end exploded with the force of around an lb of tannerite. Not a hollywood explosion by any means but was a nice fireball. |
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Posted: 7/21/2010 2:08:13 PM EDT
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They don't. Closest you get is if the tank ruptures you might get a little "whump" if it catches.
A few years ago there was a mercedes on the side of the highway somebody had lit a fire in the filler tube, was about 12 people all watching it burn from like 50-60 ft. away, I pulled over, pulled out the extinguisher, and put the fire out. It was a really nice car and it seemed like the thing to do, people on the scene acted like I'd risked my life or something, it was pretty funny really. |
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Posted: 7/21/2010 2:14:45 PM EDT
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Yes, I have. A mid-90's Proton (Malaysian) sedan
...but it might have had something to do with it being hit by an RPG-7... |
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Posted: 7/21/2010 2:14:51 PM EDT
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I drove up on a Car-B-Q on the Baltimore Beltway once.
Just as I was phoning it in an officer responded. As he approached the vehicle something under the hood exploded and there was a big puff of smoke and flame. But it was nothing like on TV (2 lbs of benzoil peroxide). Now the gasoline tanker that went off the elevated 895 ramp onto I-95 NB a few years ago? I understand that blowed up real good. NTSB report with pictures I was on my way to D.C. and missed that fun by less than thirty minutes. |
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Posted: 7/21/2010 2:20:03 PM EDT
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Shocks, tires, bumper struts and rear hatch struts, yes.
Entire cars, not so much. |
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Posted: 7/21/2010 2:21:42 PM EDT
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my buddy was driving down a side road like 20mph road and some lady in front of him being a woman
 ran halfway off the road and hit a car parked on the side of the road. he was close enough that he stoped as she jumped out and she ran out to get him to back up in case her car exploded.so apparently some people believe it even after rubber necking on what remains after a car hits a semi or some equally devastating crash where there is not a straight piece of metal left. |
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Posted: 7/21/2010 2:27:06 PM EDT
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Seen tires, batteries, hydraulic struts, freon tanks, LP tanks and the related blow on the job at the FD, but I have never seen the hollywood explosion.
The Mythbusters show on the subject was pretty spot on though. |
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Posted: 7/21/2010 2:32:47 PM EDT
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Here you go. Someone please make this hot for me. I'm one of those old guys that cant operate a computer. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrzDXnTmuWY |
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Posted: 7/21/2010 2:44:41 PM EDT
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Never seen a 6 shooter fire 9 times without a reload, either.
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Posted: 7/21/2010 4:02:35 PM EDT
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I've seen cars explode many times - but they were deliberately rigged with charges and gasoline (just like a TV/movie car) as targets for the mad-minute in machinegun shoots.
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Posted: 7/21/2010 4:06:59 PM EDT
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Yes, but it cost me 6 lbs of tannerite and thirty gallons of gasoline.
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