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    I was in my room when the entire house shook. I paid no attention to it at first since lightning strikes around here all the time, causing the same effect. I looked out and saw that the sky was absolutely cloudless. I didn't see the smoke until I walked a few paces down my residential street. The dark, greasy, rapidly expanding mist consumed the dark blue sky of this evening.

    The fire consumed a great deal of the car by the time I saw it. I heard some strange popping noises coming from the vehicle, almost like firecrackers. EMS, fire and police arrived in less than three minutes. They let people gawk for a while before dispersing them. I managed to take a few poor quality photos and vids. I wanted to take a closer look at the hood, which was about 20 meters away from the car. You could see where it had been torn from the bolts fastening it to the car, which was now a burning piece of crap.

    The only injury was apparently the owner, though he was walking briskly to the ambulance with the help of EMS personnel. All his arms and legs were attached, but his skin was blackened. A person who I assumed to be his wife joined him to the hospital. She seemed composed, but visible shaken. The rest of the residents were cracking jokes about car bombs and exclaiming "TOASTY" like a piece of meat had been burned at the community BBQ. Kids were jokingly posing, giving a thumbs up with the burning hulk in the background. "You have no soul" I heard one girl say to a boy striking such a pose.

    Aside from a few cars suffering paint chips from where plastic shrapnel hit them, there was no apparent damage. Not one window blown out. Nothing, apart from the car that blew up.

    So how was your evening?
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    Default Re: So then a car blew up.

    What was the actual cause of the explosion?

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    Default Re: So then a car blew up.

    bad tweaking in car engine? or putting gasoline into accu cooling chamber?

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    Quote Originally Posted by PanzerJaeger View Post
    What was the actual cause of the explosion?
    I assume they are launching an investigation. There were about 15 police officers when I left. This comes only a few weeks after another incident, much milder than this one. Someone thought it was a great idea to pour white powder in a mailbox and tear the decorative molding from the home nearby. I assume it took a great deal of effort since the molding was way above the door and required a crowbar to remove.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PanzerJaeger View Post
    What was the actual cause of the explosion?
    twinkie left for too long in the glove compartment...happens all the time :P
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ronin View Post
    twinkie left for too long in the glove compartment...happens all the time :P
    If by "twinkie" you mean leaky propane tank and by "glove compartment" you mean trunk, then that is indeed what has happened, apparently.

    It wasn't the home owner's car. The driver was a guest and went to retrieve something from the trunk when the detonation occurred. He has, unfortunately, received third degree burns to the front of his body for his troubles. The homeowner now must deal with two damaged residences, a destroyed vehicle, a disabled vehicle, and his own two vehicles, which have received major damage to the outer surface. The latter two vehicles are actually drivable. The worst damage occurred to a neighbor's residence; the intense heat caused a large portion of the wall to warp.
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    Ah. This was in Michigan?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Vladimir View Post
    Ah. This was in Michigan?
    finally someone just asks it

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    I don't get the joke, but this is in Georgia.
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    A good reason not to use a compressed explosive as fuel.

    Glad no one died.

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    Default Re: So then a car blew up.

    I found it yesterday.

    Leaking acetylene.

    I think it takes like 2% to 12% in the atmosphere to be and explosive danger.

    It blows up real good.


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    Default Re: So then a car blew up.

    It's not just a joke. It's about the car bomb that got the lawyer and his kid in Michigan.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Vladimir View Post
    It's not just a joke. It's about the car bomb that got the lawyer and his kid in Michigan.
    To my knowledge it was a failure.

    I should add by failure I mean it did not kill its intended target(s).



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    Still pretty troubling though. I imagine that you heard him describe the injuries.


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    Default Re: So then a car blew up.

    Quote Originally Posted by Vladimir View Post
    Still pretty troubling though. I imagine that you heard him describe the injuries.
    Yeah. It had everyone spooked up here.



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