"Lucky Strike" wrote in message
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| One trick I've seen is to run a hose from an exhaust pipe
of
| a running
| engine. The exhaust gases will drive out the gas fumes.
|
| Even easier (and safer) would be to put down a hose from a compressor,
| and let it pump air for a day, while at the same time trying to smell
| the air coming out. I would think that if there is no perceptible
| smell, including from an air sample from the bottom, there should not
| be much risk of an explosion. But, better safe than sorry.
|
| i
|
| The exhaust idea sounds a lot better than the compressed air.
|
| Haven't you ever seen the fuel delivery guy drop his cigarette but down
the
| hole at the gas station? No air down there to support combustion...

And you sat around, watched and did nothing?