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  2. List of tank truck fires and explosions - Wikipedia

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    On 26 October 2022 at around 05:00, a fuel tank truck originating from BPCL Indore carrying 2,100 U.S. gallons (7.9 m 3) of gasoline and 1,100 U.S. gallons (4.2 m 3) of diesel oil in separate compartments [182] overturned near Anjangaon, a village on the Khargone district of India's Madhya Pradesh, later exploding.

  3. Drivers face costly repairs after diesel, unleaded fuel swap ...

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    The car was towed to a Jeep dealership, where a mechanic found diesel in the vehicle's gas tank and fuel lines. While the repair would be fairly simple, it wouldn't be cheap: Flushing out the gas ...

  4. Underground fuel tank explodes at Hallandale Beach gas ... - AOL

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    A man was seriously injured when an underground fuel tank exploded at a Broward gas station Tuesday afternoon, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office Fire Rescue.

  5. Flooded engine - Wikipedia

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    A flooded engine is an internal combustion engine that has been fed an excessively rich air-fuel mixture that cannot be ignited. [1] This is caused by the mixture exceeding the upper explosive limit for the particular fuel. An engine in this condition will not start until the excessively rich mixture has been cleared. [2]

  6. 5 Young Brothers Seriously Injured in Explosion After Man ...

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    Five brothers from Minnesota have been seriously injured in a propane tank explosion. The siblings aged 6-14 years old suffered severe burns in an explosion at a storage unit north of Bagley, Minn ...

  7. Combustion - Wikipedia

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    The flames caused as a result of a fuel undergoing combustion (burning) Air pollution abatement equipment provides combustion control for industrial processes.. Combustion, or burning, [1] is a high-temperature exothermic redox chemical reaction between a fuel (the reductant) and an oxidant, usually atmospheric oxygen, that produces oxidized, often gaseous products, in a mixture termed as smoke.

  8. Buncefield fire - Wikipedia

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    Normally the gauges monitor the level of the fuel in the tank as it fills from the particular pipeline. From about 03:00 the level gauge for Tank 912 began to indicate an unchanging level reading, despite it being filled at 550 cubic metres (19,423 cu ft) per hour. [17] Calculations show that the tank would have begun to overflow at about 05:20.

  9. Dry gas - Wikipedia

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    Dry gas is an alcohol-based additive gas used in automobiles to prevent water from freezing in water-contaminated fuels, thereby restoring the combustive power of gasoline spoiled by water. Dry gas is added to the fuel tank and binds to the water to burn it off, and typically contains either methanol or isopropyl alcohol .