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Pastimes : The Scariest and or Dumbest thing I ever did voluntarily

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To: Magnatizer who wrote (82)	4/26/2001 11:55:43 AM
From: PROLIFE	Read Replies (1) of 117

The major problem with a gas spill is not the liquid, it is the fumes. I know of a man that did that, only with a tanker. The tanks of this service station (was in the 70s, hence the "service")were "sticked" by one employee, then the gas order sent in. The driver of the tanker then came and filled the tanks. Once the driver had put the nozzle in and had opened the valve to fill the tanks of the service station, he grabbed a case of grease ordered by the station and was going to carry it in. As he walked away, the tank overflowed. As the liquid spread, the fumes spread faster and ignited off of a pilot light of a heater in the station. Other than the initial flash of the fumes, the gas never exploded, but it did burn and the driver was burned nearly 90% 3rd degree when he tried to run back to shut the gas off. The station burned, the tanker burned, everything. So if you drive up on a big spill, please just back off, or if you cause the spill, see if you can water it down somehow. A hot catalytic converter can provide spark.

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