BillHustonBlog: Holy BLEVE, Batman! France LPG truck explosion (video)

Truck transporting Bottles of LP Gas (LPG) explodes in Chevanceaux, France

Holy BLEVE, Batman!

(Chevanceaux, France): A truck transporting hundreds of small steel tanks of "LP Gas" aka, "Bottle Gas" catches fire, and the tanks start exploding and launching like rocket grenades.

Article in French:
https://www.ouest-france.fr/nouvelle-aquitaine/charente-maritime/charente-maritime-un-camion-transportant-du-gaz-explose-sur-la-n10-5255270

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https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=chevanceaux+explosion+RN10

In the US, LP Gas (a mixture of propane and butane) is commonly used to heat homes, to power camping equipment (lights, cook-stoves, heaters), and is the fuel for BIC cigarette lighters.

Propane & Butane are a gas at standard temp/pressure (25°C / 1 ATM) but under low pressure (100-200 psi), liquefies.

All tanks containing Highly Volatile Liquids -- inc., propane, butane, gasoline, diesel, crude oil, ethane, so-called "Natural Gas Liquids" (NGLs) or "condensate", etc -- are subject to a "boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion", or BLEVE. They are catastrophic explosions which send shrapnel in all directions. Small LP tanks are subject to BLEVE, and even large tanks, like RR tank cars, if exposed to external fire. (cf: BLEVE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_liquid_expanding_vapor_explosion)

Recall that while Arlington Gas Storage-- a wholly-owned subsidiary of Crestwood Equity Partners (formerly, Crestwood Midstream Partners, formerly Inergy, L.P.), recently withdrew their application for a small increase in storage of methane ("natural gas") under Seneca Lake near Watkins Glen ("Gallery-2 Expansion", FERC docket CP13-83) , they still have an active permit with NYS DEC to store 88.2 MILLION GALLONS of LP gas at the same location.

Dramatic videos of Chevanceaux, FR truck explosion: