"Too_Many_Tools" wrote in message
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On Apr 22, 12:59 pm, ransley wrote:
On Apr 22, 12:51 pm, (Malcolm Hoar) wrote:



A few days ago a home exploded not far from where I live.

I just read the result of the investigations into that
incident:

FREMONT — A 65-year-old Fremont man remained in a San Jose hospital
Monday
after suffering second-degree burns to his face and arms when his
family's
Warm Springs home exploded and burned over the weekend.

As Charles Stacker Sr. lay sedated in an intensive care unit at Valley
Medical
Center, Fremont fire investigators — with the help of agents from the
Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives — determined that the
Saturday
night explosion was caused by an unlikely ignition source — static
electricity
from Stacker's body.

According to investigators, a leaking propane tank had filled the garage
of
the Stacker home on Camphor Avenue with gas that was ignited when
Stacker
entered the garage to check on a hissing noise.

http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_12185896

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And houses explode from gas leaks, bad wiring can cause a fire, and
you can get hit by a car crossing the street. I keep my tank in the
house. It must of been a crapy old rusted tank to leak.

Nope...could easily be a valve that failed...happens all the time.

Or the temperature rises and they vent.

I have known of two houses that have exploded because of propane
tanks..both new ones recently purchased.

Propane is heavier than air and will pool in the lower areas.

Any ignition source....*BOOM*.

Anyone who keeps a propane tank inside is a fool.

TMT

This can't ever happen to me because the government made me buy all new
tanks with Overfill Protection Valves. Nothing can go wrong now.