WIT on Industrial Estate, smoke+explosion

nkay1985

seanybiker wrote: »

Ya know that if you know someone who knows me that automatically makes you just that bit cooler in the eyes of everyone

I do know that. That's why I made sure to say it on a public forum.

beazee

Waterford City Fire Service confirmed there were two gas explosions involving oxygen and acetylene at WIT’s applied technology campus.

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/man-injured-following-explosion-at-wit-facility-172756.html

Half liter acetylene explosion demonstration:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1LwYJ8pDhc

And you could actually feel the ground shaking at the estate.

nkay1985

beazee wrote: »

And you could actually feel the ground shaking at the estate.

Yeah, a friend's husband works in Teva and he said they didn't hear or feel the first explosion but did for the second.

wellboytoo

Heathen wrote: »

Correct!

The explosions were oxygen tanks, the acetylene tanks were cooled for 24 hours to prevent explosion, due to a chemical reaction in acetylene once heated that requires monitored cooling for at least 24 hours..

and yes, if it was acetylene tanks that blew it would have made a lot more damage!!


H

If any pressure vessels are involved in a fire it is standard practice for the fire brigade to create a cordon and spray with water and watch for 24 hours, the contents are immaterial , its the pressure will get you every time, 200/300 bar depending on Company.

cocoshovel

MitchKoobski wrote: »

You were shovelling coco beans outside the window?

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