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  2. Boiler explosion - Wikipedia

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    Oil fumes, natural gas, propane, coal, or any other fuel can build up inside the combustion chamber. This is especially of concern when the vessel is hot; the fuels will rapidly volatilize due to the temperature. Once the lower explosive limit (LEL) is reached, any source of ignition will cause an explosion of the vapors.

  3. Velox boiler - Wikipedia

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    The combustion chamber of the Velox could produce flue gasses by burning fuel gasses or heavy fuel oil. Blast furnace gas was typically used as fuel by Velox sets installed in steel mills. Efficiency of Velox steam generators was generally around 88—90% when burning blast furnace gas and 91—93% per cent with fuel oil.

  4. Oklahoma City bombing - Wikipedia

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    The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist truck bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, on April 19, 1995, the second anniversary of the end to the Waco siege. The bombing remains the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history.

  5. List of explosions - Wikipedia

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    Explosion at the furnace of a nickel processing plant inside the Morowali Industrial Park. [222] 26 December 2023 Liberia: Totota: 40 83 A fuel truck crashed and exploded while residents were collecting spilled fuel. [223] 17 January 2024 Thailand: Sala Khao, Suphan Buri province: 23 0 Explosion at a fireworks factory. [224] [225] 6 February ...

  6. List of natural gas and oil production accidents in the ...

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    State had active oil and or gas wells as of April 2015 [134] but no accidents have been uncovered. – Major crude oil train derailment in Mosier, a small town in the Columbia gorge spilled and burst into flames June 2016. The accident was due to railway dysfunction and bad parts.

  7. Thermobaric weapon - Wikipedia

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    A thermobaric weapon, also called an aerosol bomb, or a vacuum bomb, [1] is a type of explosive munition that works by dispersing an aerosol cloud of gas, liquid or powdered explosive. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The fuel is usually a single compound, rather than a mixture of multiple substances. [ 4 ]

  8. Moral Injury: The Grunts - The ... - The Huffington Post

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    I can’t say, ‘Oh don’t go there, there’s a bomb there, and there’s a guy over there, make sure you watch him and don’t get shot.’ You are praying that the decision you make is the right one, and if it is the wrong one – which a couple of decisions were the wrong ones – you are paying the price and you are living with it.

  9. ANFO - Wikipedia

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    ANFO (/ ˈ æ n f oʊ / AN-foh) [1] (or AN/FO, for ammonium nitrate/fuel oil) is a widely used bulk industrial high explosive. It consists of 94% porous prilled ammonium nitrate (NH 4 NO 3 ) (AN), which acts as the oxidizing agent and absorbent for the fuel, and 6% number 2 fuel oil (FO). [ 2 ]