Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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585890 | Journal of Hazardous Materials | 2006 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
This paper describes the case study of a portable plastic gasoline container explosion and fire. While working at home on a science project to determine the burn rates of different types of wood fuel, a 14-year-old boy was severely burned after flames traveled back up into the portable gasoline container and exploded. A witness heard the explosion and reports that the flames went perhaps 10 ft in the air. It is shown by experimentation that a flame arrester installed in the pour opening of the portable gasoline container would have prevented an explosion inside the gasoline container.
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Authors
Lori C. Hasselbring,