Fire! when filling metal can!!

[j3gme]

Thought I would share this with you......... passed on to me as I have a filling station.

Edited by j3gme on Wednesday 22 May 10:31

[drophead]

That's why you should fill the Cans on the ground. Horrible thing to happen.

Edited by drophead on Wednesday 22 May 10:36

[AndrewEH1]

Interesting read, the guy was a bit silly but that's something I would have possibly done...not now though!

Good to see the level of detail that goes into incidents like this. Call me a freak but I quite like reading into the investigations behind incidents.

[TameRacingDriver]

Interesting! Wouldn't have occurred to me to touch the metal can with the nozzle either.

[hman]

Perhaps metal cans should have a warning stamped near the filling neck

[NISaxoVTR]

That guy must have really loved his van on the left, not sure I would be running back into that fire ball.

[AndrewEH1]

TameRacingDriver said:

Interesting! Wouldn't have occurred to me to touch the metal can with the nozzle either.

Was watching Le Mans (Steve McQueen) last night and in the footage of the re-fuelling stops before they put the nozzle in they attach an earth clip to the bodywork.

[Hugo a Gogo]

after studying the pictures on the 'fact 2' page, police charged him with 'possession of firearms'

[Fartomatic5000]

Hugo a Gogo said:

after studying the pictures on the 'fact 2' page, police charged him with 'possession of firearms'

Looks like an armalite.

[Mr2Mike]

Only an idiot would fill a fuel can whilst it's inside the vehicle (or maybe people who enjoy their car reeking of unleaded fuel).

Simply putting the cap back on the metal container would have extinguished the fire, but obviously panicking and tipping over all the cans is a far better solution.

Edited by Mr2Mike on Wednesday 22 May 11:30

[The Black Flash]

Fartomatic5000 said:

Hugo a Gogo said:

after studying the pictures on the 'fact 2' page, police charged him with 'possession of firearms'

Looks like an armalite.

well played

[anonymous-user]

And rather than tip fuel all over the shop trying to get the cans out of his car, he could have just put the lip back on the burning one and waited a few secs!

[NightRunner]

Mr2Mike said:

Only an idiot would fill a fuel can whilst it's inside the vehicle (or maybe people who enjoy their car reeking of unleaded fuel).

Simply putting the cap back on the metal container would have extinguished the fire, but obviously panicking and tipping over all the cans is a far better solution.

Edited by Mr2Mike on Wednesday 22 May 11:30

Well aren't you Mr Hindsight.

[TheEnd]

He must have the skills of a surgeon if he could fill a metal can without letting the nozzle touch the side.

[Deva Link]

Mr2Mike said:

Simply putting the cap back on the metal container would have extinguished the fire,

Probably quite tricky with fire spewing out of the neck with some force and you've got the petrol nozzle in your other hand. Plus there's always the risk of the can exploding like a bomb.

[drophead]

Doesn't help having a 2 rubbish plastic cans next to the metal can spewing diurnal emissions everywhere resulting in the fairly large ka-boom

Put the cans on the floor next time!

[Mr2Mike]

NightRunner said:

Well aren't you Mr Hindsight.

It's hardly hindsight, it's a blatantly ridiculous thing to do. Filling a fuel can whilst it's inside a vehicle requires a mind numbing level of stupidity. Not putting the caps back on after filling and then tipping them over in a blind panic raises the stupidity level to infinity and beyond.

Deva Link said:

Probably quite tricky with fire spewing out of the neck with some force and you've got the petrol nozzle in your other hand. Plus there's always the risk of the can exploding like a bomb.

Fire wouldn't have been spewing out with some force, simply because air has to get in the same hole that the fire is going out. Also extremely unlikely for the can to explode, though it may well have partially collapsed from the vacuum afterwards.