Comments on: Holy moly, close call for Moose Jaw

By: Saskboy

Saskboy — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:33:06 +0000

What about diesel, does the burning temperature difference matter?

By: Zack

Zack — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:27:28 +0000

I’ve watched video of a gasoline fire being set on a kilo of TNT without explosion. The TNT just burns away or deflagrates.

By: Patrick Ross

Patrick Ross — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:20:52 +0000

I wouldn’t want Moose Jaw to blow up. Then there’d be no more taco in a bag.

By: Saskboy

Saskboy — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:57:03 +0000

What about the diesel burning or something else in the truck’s frame, would that set it off possibly?

By: Zack

Zack — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:46:46 +0000

Actually the risk of explosion isn’t as high as it is made out to be. TNT is a secondary explosive and is quite stable. If set on fire it will burn away rather than explode. It takes more energy to cause an explosion, ie. a blasting cap.

I still wouldn’t want to be around to watch a truck load of TNT burn.

By: Saskboy

Saskboy — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:06:31 +0000

Michael,
The video has about 100 tons, or is says in the YouTube description.

The driver likely didn’t expect that he was on fire, and probably thought it was a flat or simple mechanical problem, or I doubt he would have endangered a gas station (which is at where he pulled into according to the news report).

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:35:54 +0000

How many tons of explosives were used in that video? And I like how the dynamite truck driver pulled in to a service station, which I can only assume included a gas station as well.

By: Stephen Glauser

Stephen Glauser — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:09:51 +0000

That would’ve been quite the bang. Good thing it didn’t blow up!