HeyBub wrote:

Oren wrote:

Recently the gas company was out to put a new meter on a new home. She
installed the meter and opened a gas line inside the garage to purge
the line. About thirty feet away was a lit cigarette.

The tech told me that the cigarette was "not hot enough" to ignite the
gas. I was surprised by this comment.


A lit cigarette won't ignite gasoline either.

depends on the circumstances

make a shallow pool of gasoline, wait a few minutes, and toss in a cig



A lit cigarette is barely hot enough to ignite another cigarette.




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