It gives me a fright to think about it. Now, it happens in Malaysia, as reported in The Star:
KUALA LUMPUR: A man cheated death when an NGV gas cylinder in his car boot exploded at a petrol station in Jalan Jambu Jerteh, Jinjang here.Find out more
The 3.50pm incident occurred after the man in his 30s had just finished refuelling his Mercedes Benz at the petrol station.
Although the car did not catch fire, its rear was damaged.
It was learnt that the driver had been talking on his mobile phone immediately after pumping gas into the cylinder.
The explosion also caused damage to the petrol station and a taxi parked nearby.
Health and safety aside; we all know that for sure, but for me sometimes , I refuelled without cutting of my engine to keep my wife in the car with a cool temperature while waiting for it.
Now, not anymore...
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3 comments:
The note about the cell phone being in use at the time of the rupture is misleading. Same with the comment about not having the engine running when filling. An electrical spark can only cause a fire (not a cylinder rupture) if gas is leaking. For that reason alone it is probably wise not to have the engine running when filling.
In this incident, it sounds like the cylinder ruptured. This would likely be a failure of the materials of construction (natural gas inside a cylinder cannot ignite unless somehow it was mixed with air - highly unlikely). Other cylinder ruptures have occurred because persons have used LPG tanks for CNG service - LPG tanks are unable to contain the pressure associated with CNG.
Craig
Could it be a faulty installation? Likely? U guess.
This is not true.
Explosion not cause of NGV cylinder.
Read Here:
http://www.ngv4u.com/
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4hlM11udJA
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