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A forgotten lighter in a pocket causes an explosion in the laundry
- aaron695 4y ago[dead]
- Imnimo 4y agoIt's interesting that the dryer pops open and a few clothes spill out a second or so before we see the fire. Presumably it's the influx of oxygen that causes the fireball to erupt, but what causes the door to open?
- nickff 4y agoMight be over-pressure due to the bursting open of the fuel.
- FernandoMax 4y agoA man in Galicia (Spain) forgot a lighter in a pocket, filled with gas. When in the dryer it caused an incredible explosion that would have killed him, saving his life by seconds.
- marssaxman 4y agoI cannot believe it was actually a lighter; I blew up a fair number of lighters during my pyromaniac youth and never witnessed anything remotely like the explosion in this video. You get a pop and a flash - it's not especially dangerous. This looks like it had to have been a much larger mass of fuel inside a pressurized container.
- Arrath 4y agoOne source I read said that it wasn't a lighter, but a lighter refill cannister. This makes more sense to me than a plain lighter, as a refill cannister stores a good deal more gas than a lighter, and under pressure. This tracks with the way the dryer door bursts open prior to the explosion, seemingly indicating that the cannister lost integrity and releases its compressed contents. The increase in pressure within the dryer causes the door to open, the mixture of gas with oxygen hits the right concentration and boom.
- ihatepython 4y agoHow do they know it was 'forgotten'?
- manuel_w 4y agoProbably applying Hanlon's Razor which is "Never Attribute to Malice That Which is Adequately Explained by Stupidity."
- Magi604 4y agoI was expecting a pop, maybe a blown out door, but I was NOT prepared for all that destruction. It definitely seems like something with more flammable liquid than a lighter was in that dryer.