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My workshop blew up
Report in New Zealand news:-
Six students were injured when a blast ripped through an engineering classroom about 1pm yesterday. Four of the students were rushed to hospital in a critical condition although all but one had improved by today and had been taken off the critical list. The blast is thought to have been caused by acetylene leaking from gas bottles stored in a room behind the classroom. __________________________________________________ _____________________ I set this metal shop up years ago and taught metalshop in it for several years. I was terribly distressed today to hear of this accident. It has made headline news on our national TV and the sight of my beloved workshop with tin snips driven into the wall, all the windows blown out by the blast and pools of blood on the floor had me near to tears. Question If acetylene was leaking into the room would you not smell it and be warned? Would it stay at floor level and not be detected? It appears the blast was ignited by sparks fron an angle grinder. I must replace my old rubber acetylene hoses which are cracking. |
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