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It looks extremely dangerous... And the girl is acting quite calm
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Car Fuel Fire
- Touching the paint or windows
is really stupid, the car is on rubber tires and is not grounded, you have to touch the gas pump, something metal and something not painted, which is what she did, she touched the nozzle and discharged the static from her body to the nozzle.
By usatracy 1137913424 Reply Spam [+7] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove
You can thank the EPA for this new problem which is happening more and more, it comes from oxygenating the fuel in the gas stations, they add oxygen to the fuel to get them to burn cleaner, and they are now more easily ignited by static. Never heard of this problem prior to 1998. Now it is happening more and more.613285- 0
- static come from the seat
more than 50% of these accident are becoz of they get back to their seat and 'recharge', then immediatly touch the nozzle to release the static.
By deell 1149355891 Reply Spam [-2] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove1172388 - 1
she's a very lucky girl! empty tank, with fire on the filler!!! Think I would have run away!!! And how on earth did that fire start? Static discharge??
By landie 1134321336 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove- 0
- yeah
but good thing she took out the nozzle or else it would just keep filling up
By TH1RT3EN95 1137713652 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove562539 - 1
- that was stupid pulling it out
she was lucky it didnt create a flamethrower. someone must have hit the emergency kill switch
By yeahboooooooooy 1145396350 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove956145 - 2
if she didn't took out the nozzle, the gas would just have kept running into the tank and nothing would have happened
just like now btw =)
The static discharge from getting in and out of the car. MythBusters did test this one when doing the cell phone thing (phones won't start a fire, static can.) If she had discharged elsewhere on the car it probably would not have happened.
By Printerman 1135970001 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveIt's from her sweater dude. She rubs her sweater then touch the gas pump.
By jim balastic 1149512598 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveI knew what was going to happen from the moment I saw her. That's why I was hoping she'd just take off the sweater - it'd make her safer in the long run. I keep re-watching it, and she never takes it off. So sad.
didn't notice that when I watched it.
By Printerman 1149518051 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removestatic discharge yep
but not from getting out of the car, but from having a wool sweater
f'n get attention!
By wadup95 1142451028 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removewould have exploded like a bomb.Gas FUMES are more dangerous than the gasoline itself.
By thebeancounter42 1134850536 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveActually, the “empty tank full of fumes & exploding†theory has been disproved. The problem is, the richness of the mixture in the tank. In order for any fire to occur (hence leading to an explosion), you have to have three key factors. 1. Heat. 2. A fuel source. 3. Enough oxygen to sustain combustion. A tank like that will burn at the opening (indicated by the continuing glow reflection in the fuel lid cover). Now, blast pure oxygen into the tank while it is burning, and you’ll have your explosion, but chances are this one will burn itself out as the mixture gets richer as it moves down the fill spout.
By BeenThere 1135385485 Reply Spam [+3] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removeif your car is on Empty and you open it and touch a rust spot or somethin and there static (there usually is rust around the filler somewheres - just normal to have e.g. mostly on older cars) but... even without the filler - just opening it could start a tunnel fire -- like a bursting flame comming out - till it fades away. (seen it before - and its happened on my 4 wheeler) - in nascar - that S**t happens all the time, you just cant see the flame - thats y they usually spray around the filler hole before the car takes off - the fuel just burns soo clear and crisp!!! - cant believe no one said anything about that! -- and yeah - fuel is too oxygenated also - makes it pretty unsturdy outside of the gas tank. - dont run on E because its been known for gas tanks to expand due to high temps and fumes trying to escape ( try this - put some gas in a gas can and make sure its sealed tight - set it out in the sun for a day or two and you will notice that its expanding a hell of alot - mostly due to oxygenation ) carefull though - it might explode so do it out in the country or somethin LOL
if u wanna see fire from a gas tank in person if u never have - get some liquid dreno - a big moth ball (the ones that are about 2'' in diameter and hollow - cut it in half - put liquid dreno in it - use scotch tape (peels away by itself when wet easily) and make a few of em - throw em in a gas tank (not recomended to be your friends or enemies vehical!!!! - just a junkyard car thats like halfway full of gas - new or old) --- anyways drop them babies in there and BAMMMMM!!!
it will blow the whole rear end off LOL - it works because ive tried it! haha - just a chemical reaction.
it has nothing to do with what ever theory you mentioned. It's static discharge. Look at how she was rubbing her hand against her sweater. Most of the cases happened to women drivers, coz they have a habit of getting inside the car (where there's a lot of static material) after putting nozzle inside the tank inlet.
Also note that she didn't touch the body of the car before attempting to hold the nozzle.
Typically men would wait by the car, resting their body against the car, this helps discharging static safely.
cuzza all the oxygen in teh fumes.
By dude2 1135763548 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removefake for sure
By Gargamel23 1153018520 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove- 0
allah 7efa'6ha.. she should thank the God.. =| ...
By Sa3oOdO 1150769146 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove- 0
since all of us may face such a case, please can any one tell me what should be the correct action.....i mean to escape or to yank the handle...
By assoom 1149995883 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove- 0
can any give me seriously what the should be the correct action in such a case...i mean is it escape or to yank the handle.........
By assoom 1149995590 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove- 0
in the UK auto filling pumps are banned for cars, so you cant walk around and build up static.
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Why was she sitting in her car while the nozzle was pumping anyway? This is a peeve of mine. People should not be multitasking at the pump. It takes only a few minutes vs. risking a terrible accident. Just last week I watched a gas nozzle pop out of the car in front of me while the lady was in her car chatting on her phone and writing something down. Luckily the flow of gas shut off when the nozzle hit the ground but not before it spewed gas all over. They should remove the little catch that keeps the trigger locked on the handle. Small inconvenience for a lot more safety.
By Phyve 1147659442 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove- 0
She lost one of her nine lives here.....
By eloj 1147344058 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove- 0
Yes, the phenomenon of the nozzle and tank igniting is freaky and scary, but the impressive part of the video is this chick managing to keep her wits about her instead of fleeing. She rock's.
By CrkOfDawn 1145703884 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove- 0
The problem is Static discharge. Too solve that problem, you can crab outside the door or the roof so you discharge it there before you grab the fuel handle.
There is a smarter thing. And that is to have it in the same way we in Norway has it. Because when you fuel here you have to hold the fuel handle all the time or it doesn't get anything out in the tank. So you never get this problem with static discharge. Something else i picked up, i think it's from the firemen. When you get a static discharge. and it takes fire. You should not take the fuel handle out of the car. You may spil out more on the car and other places, so it can get more dangerus. blablabla
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most people would be flapping like a turkey on christmas eve
By ryman 1144192629 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove- 0
that was scary... im surprised she had the guts the get the filler out.. she must of rly loved that car... i would of probably ran away screaming like a little girl...
By natior911 1143814339 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove- 0
If you look at the girl getting out of the car, she first fixes her probably nylon/polyester sweater with her hands. a common thing a lady will do when she gets out of a car to cover the tummy. us ladies know about this and immediatly she created static and connected with the gas pipe..LUCKY GIRL
By leprachaunlady 1143801332 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove- 0
your not even suppose to leave the pump unattended cause then stuff like that wouldnt happen.
By brindyman 1142915388 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove- 0
Smoking near at gas starions is forbidden, yet they allow people to operate fuzzy sweaters that create static electricity ? Some people are misjudging the danger of wearing clothes. I would have taken the nozzle out naked.
By Dustmite 1141982689 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove- 0
Shouldnt she find a fire extinguisher or somethin? coz watever it is a fire in a gas station is NOT good!
By cactai 1141229205 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove- 0
In GB you cant fill a tank like this you have to hold the pump nozzle, otherwise i shuts off.
By picklearse 1140687414 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove- 0
What happened? Did it exploted?
By Chivo 1140107649 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove- 0
cars dont explode ive tried it. i had a car and it had a full tank of fuel and i lit it on fire it shot flames out of the fuel tank about 3 metres long until all the fuel was gone and no bang i was dissapointed waste of $50 hehe oh well but at least i proved somthing your car only blows up if you live in hollywood :) ps ive tried shooting my car and puting petrol in my engine and reving it till it died those dont work either
By ZeVaK 1139733356 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove- 0
- You don't
like your car, do you? lol
By bumble 1146154040 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove943866 - 1
i wouldnt stay one seconed beisde the car if it happened with me
By rbj 1139629031 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove- 0
Looks like a BLONDE issue, where more value is placed on that piece of metal than on her own life.
By Pork Chop 1139406151 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove- 0
Saw this on Mythbusters too and they showed the fire usually spreads most when the handle is pulled out. Leave it be and find the emergency pump shutoff on the island or just get the heck out of there.
By 80sChild 1139357734 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove- 0
the fire started coz she was wearing that sweater, moved on the seat of the car = static electricity, she must have had rubber souled shoes so the charge stayed on her until she touched the metal on the pump filler, than wham it caught fire
By CRAZYBOUTFORDCOSSIE 1138745790 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove- 0
did anyone else notice that the gas tank in the car not only the nozzle was still on fire when she went into the store its a wonder it didnt blow up
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i am the manager of a shell service station in sydney n by
the looks of this videoit looks like the woman has fueled a small amount n then released it n then started fueling again. this causes pressure to build up in the tank and id say that something as simple as static electricity has caused the fire or possibly she still had her car running n the engnition on which can also caise this.
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its that sweater she was wearing!!
By nstabl 1136402535 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove- 0
and yet she probably went back to try agian
By Daniel95 1135833718 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove- 0
Static electricity, absolutely. Don't get back in a car when refueling, then slide out, then monkey with your sweater before you grab the nozzel. All kinds of static there.
By skeebo 1135828674 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove- 0
it is static electricity. If you get back into your car you must touch a metal part of the vehicle again before touching the nozzle. And, contrary to popular belief, cell phones do not start fires at gas pumps. I'm not a cell phone freak like some but Myth Busters on Discovery channel proved all of this.
By socrfan 1135568995 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove- 0
she was very calm, but your suppose to leave the hose in the car, it will usually go out. Then you tell the clerk to shut off the pump
By Black_dude019 1135492841 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove- 0
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you shut off the nozzle then go tell the clerk.
By socrfan 1135569287 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove519724 - 1
i drive a gas tanker. what has been stated about station fires is quite accurite. Sunoco did a study that showed the greatest cause of station fires is women. they have a tendency to start fueling then return to sit in their warm car. when they slide across the seat to exit the vehicle, they build a massive static charge, then discharge when they touch the fuel nozzle. there are other causes and reasons, that's just the greater percentage.
By wrangler 1135421790 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove- 0
She was smart enough to release the handle before yanking it out, the other video I have seen he yanked it out and the pump was still pumping gas..the outcome was different.
By Tinpusher 1135380117 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove- 0
CAN I GET A LIGHT FOR MY SMOKE?
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ok I got it....reason for no explosion is bec the tank was full as she had finished filling up...if it had been empty.....
By landie 1134321509 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove- 0
She is probably calm because she did not have the time to understand how close to a deadly explosion she was...
By Cachi 1134249504 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove- 0
touch the paint on your car after you get out of the seat or if your in a fiblreglass car touch a window.
By dude2 1135763513 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove- 0
- just don't get back in the car until don...
don't go back in your car, clean the windshield or something geez
By ralph333 1157764080 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove2528598 - 1
time i checked, glass was an insulator!!
By stu420 1149546890 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removechecked, glass was an insulator!!!!
By stu420 1149546722 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removechecked, glass was an insulator!!!!
By stu420 1149546602 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove..This is why we don't mix flammable fluids with stupid.
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