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  2. Blowout (tire) - Wikipedia

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    Automobile tire damaged after an impact. A blowout (also known as a burst) is a rapid, explosive loss of inflation pressure of a pneumatic tire.. The primary cause for a blowout is encountering an object that cuts or tears the structural components of the tire to the point where the structure is incapable of containing the compressed air, with the escaping air adding to further tear through ...

  3. Tire fire - Wikipedia

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    Tires being burned as part of the 2018–2023 Haitian crisis. Protestors are known to burn tires as part of protests. [3] [4] Because waste tires are readily available and produce dense smoke, protestors sometimes burn tires and create tire barriers as part of protest. [5]

  4. Tyre Extinguishers - Wikipedia

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    Tyre Extinguishers is an international climate direct action group which deflates the tyres on sport utility vehicles (SUVs). The group describes driving an SUV as "among the worst single actions that one can take in terms of its climate impacts and its adverse effects on public safety", [1] with SUVs having a disproportionately large impact on the climate crisis relative to other vehicles, [2 ...

  5. Gas leaks can be destructive. Here are the signs and ... - AOL

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    How can I help prevent a gas leak? Hoeferlin said leaving your gas meter alone is the best course of action. Avoid bumping or jostling your outdoor gas meter and don’t hang items on pipes going ...

  6. Fusible plug - Wikipedia

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    The very large thermal loads imposed by abnormal landing and braking conditions (such as a high-speed rejected takeoff, where an aircraft heavy with fuel must brake hard from a very high speed to a stop in a relatively short distance) can cause the already high pressure in the tyres to rise to the point that the tyre might burst, so fusible ...

  7. Pilots praised after Etihad plane’s tyres deflated following ...

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    An Etihad Airways flight was forced to abort a high-speed take-off that led to two tyres bursting, as “high exhaust gas temperatures” in the engine caused an emergency halt of the Boeing plane ...

  8. Burnout (vehicle) - Wikipedia

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    Performing a burnout in a front wheel drive vehicle is usually achieved by engaging the parking brake to lock up the rear tires along with stomping the gas to break the front wheels loose. [citation needed] Mercedes-Benz DTM car burnout. To perform a burnout in a rear wheel drive vehicle, the driver has to simultaneously engage the gas and ...

  9. Non-exhaust emissions - Wikipedia

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    Particles from car tyres pollute the environment and the air we breathe, whilst the long-term effects on our health and the ecosystem are unknown. These tyre wear particles are especially damaging due to the toxic chemicals that they are made from, which leach out of the particles into our rivers and oceans.