Home video of explosion and ABC news story. Gas Tanker Explosion in Maddington, Perth, Australia Dramatic Scenes as Gas Station Blows Up
A petrol gas tanker in a suburb of the Australian city of Perth has exploded. The tanker caught fire as it re-fulled at a Caltex gas station in the suburb, sending plumes of smoke into the air and sending fire fighters for their lives as the tanker began to More..blow.
Western Australian state Fire and Emergency Services, says 45,000 litres of fuel was still in the other compartment of the tanker forcing the evacuation of people from homes and businesses within half a kilometre radius.
Remarkable the tanker did not set fire to underground tanks at the petrol station, other wise a bigger disaster would have occoured.
The blaze spread to a nearby petrol station and shop but was contained.
FESA's Alan Gale says it's caused a significant amount of damage.
"The damage certainly to the rear of the tanker itself is fairly substantial but probably more so to the building," he said.
"All the front driveway and canopy is extensively damaged."
A man videotaped part of the chaos, which saw police officers sending him and others away from the massive fireball.
"I was travelling towards Carousel along Albany Hwy and saw the smoke," said one blog witness.
"Next thing we knew there was a HUGE black mushroom cloud. We got as close as subway then were turned away. I kept looking back (as we were stuck in traffic!) and I gasped when I saw the flames above the shops adjacent to it!"
(youtube)
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Keanu_ReevesWhoa.
demon_ixNow that's a carbon footprint.
Very interesting to see it burn all at once instead of through slow combustion in hundreds of cars.
shuacThree days ago, I sawr a rig that could 'aul that tanka.
NicoleBeeI dig the inspector gadget car at ~0:30
ant*NSFW for cussings.
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paul4dirtjesus fucking christ..
it just fucking exploded..
tell mom it just fucking exploded..
fuck yeah, it's fucking blowing up again and i think the fucking units are on fucking fire as well now..
oh fucking shit..
i'm gonna fucking go bud..
let me fucking speak to mom..
hey..
fuck yeah it just fucking exploded..
fuck yeah and i think it's like i don't fucking know whether the fucking fuel.. the backwards.. it could have gone out to the fucking ehm..
i was away, it just fucking exploded..
it hits the.. i think it fucking hit the units behind it..
fuck yeah..
it's pretty fucking big now..
i don't think..
fuck yeah, there's fucking more coming down..
allright cya..
yeah fuck yeah..
*nsfw
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FishBulbsays...1) There was no news story.
2) There was no offensive language.
DraxSomeday someone's gonna make an action movie just by stringing together enough of these videos.
Yogi>> ^Drax:
Someday someone's gonna make an action movie just by stringing together enough of these videos.
Radioactive Man: I think we're in trouble, eh Fallout Boy.
Fallout Boy: Jimminy Jellickers!
RM: We'll have to fight our way out are you ready?
FB: .....yes.
Krupo>> ^FishBulb:
1) There was no news story.
2) There was no offensive language.
Uh, it's citizen journalism, with vernacular commentary getting the nsfw flag. NSFW isn't purely for what you consider offensive language - we set the bar pretty low for that tag.
jmdsays...meh.. nothing exploded here... simply more fuel added to the fire.
Also once again it hits my pet peeves..
1. Awful video quality..8mm camcorders from 2 decades ago, or cell phones with even worse quality.
2. talkative camera man..and this one keeps talking about his mum. Also can't seem to say exploded without giggling.
MaxWilderThis is actually a good example of why petrol (gasoline) is such a popular fuel source. This is pretty much a worst case scenario, and you can see that the eruption (sorry, not an explosion) expands the damage zone a little but, but not nearly as much as other substances that contain a similar amount of energy. Because of the way petrol tends to burn rather than explode, the vast majority of the destructive force goes upward rather than outward. And in most situations, upward is a safe direction for energy to expand without injuring people or causing damage to structures. Other videos show nearby buildings undamaged while the petrol burns.
Of course the primary reason petrol is so popular is it's availability and energy density, but the safety factor is pretty important too.
Shepppard>> ^FishBulb:
2) There was no offensive language.
1:55.
enemycombatantsays...Mum, it just exploded. Dad wanted me to tell ya.
sin5k4says...Oh well i was expecting something more!Damn look what the internet had made me...
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