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NEsota

03-12-2007 07:35:32




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Very Lucky




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shannon from ohio

03-16-2007 16:58:52




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 Re: MN Farm Shop Explosion in reply to NEsota, 03-12-2007 07:35:32  
Unless an "oxygen" leak from a set of torches mixed with propane would have the power of an explosion of that magnitude to rattle windows 1/2 mile away and do devastating damage like that?? Glad no one was hurt.....



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Dusty MI

03-13-2007 06:09:00




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 Re: MN Farm Shop Explosion in reply to NEsota, 03-12-2007 07:35:32  
Is acetylene heavier than air? Could it been acetylene?



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Stumpalump

03-12-2007 18:59:41




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 Re: MN Farm Shop Explosion in reply to NEsota, 03-12-2007 07:35:32  
Holy cow! Glad you and family are alive!



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msb

03-12-2007 18:31:08




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 Re: MN Farm Shop Explosion in reply to NEsota, 03-12-2007 07:35:32  
Very lucky indeed. I was on one of the first rescue squads to get called in on the Indiana State Fair Colliseum disaster in 1963 when an LP leak blew up during the finale of Holiday On Ice so I know ,first hand,the power of an LP explosion. 113 people died that night.Its a night I never will forget.



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Steve Crum

03-13-2007 21:29:21




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 Re: MN Farm Shop Explosion in reply to msb, 03-12-2007 18:31:08  
I saw an aerial photo of the propane rail car explosion up in Oneonta N.Y. a few days ago. There were railcars scattered all over like match sticks. Told the guys at work that's why we require hearing protection at work, hundreds of these cars pass the plant 75 feet from the tracks every day.



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mjbrown

03-12-2007 17:38:49




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 Re: MN Farm Shop Explosion in reply to NEsota, 03-12-2007 07:35:32  
Could have been either propane or gasoline. Gas vaporized in air is also heavy and pools on the floor like propane. A gallon vaporized and ignited is equal to 88 sticks of dynomite! My FIL has an old truck with a gas leak that he insists on parking in the garage that is part of his house and has a stairwell leading down to the mech room where his boiler is. We have tried to talk sense into him but he is a hardhead who knows more than anyone else.

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TomTX

03-12-2007 12:29:41




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 Re: MN Farm Shop Explosion in reply to NEsota, 03-12-2007 07:35:32  
Does anyone know for sure what caused it? We have a lot of meth labs here in the country, and they are dangerous. Tom



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Brokenwrench

03-12-2007 12:49:50




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 Re: MN Farm Shop Explosion in reply to TomTX, 03-12-2007 12:29:41  
I don`t know them personally but everything I`ve ever heard about the family involved would make it real hard for me to believe it was anything illegal or foul play.
I think the most likely cause for an explosion of that magnitude would be a propane leak.



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Brokenwrench

03-12-2007 10:00:58




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 Re: MN Farm Shop Explosion in reply to NEsota, 03-12-2007 07:35:32  
Wifes cousin lives less than half mile east of there. They lost a couple windows in their barn, things fell off the walls in their house.
Haven`t talked to him yet, just the word among the inlaws. The building that blew was a really nice looking newer building from the outside anyway.
I think it was split up storage,shop and offices.
Stinks to lose a building, but considering the fact that the whole family was OK and no one was hurt, it`s a pretty lucky ordeal.

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frankiee

03-12-2007 09:43:25




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 Re: MN Farm Shop Explosion in reply to NEsota, 03-12-2007 07:35:32  
I dislike propane.
I worked in a yard where machinery ran all the time.

I used torches with propane all the time.

There was a small depresion in the hard surface where there was a puddle when it rained.

I loaded the puddle with propane.
I went and had a smoke
I wanted to see if the propane would disappear in that time.
I went to the depresion and sniffed with my nose.
I could not smell propane.
I got far back and threw a stick with oil soaked cloth on fire at the depression.
A mini fire ball came from the depression.
Propane is heavy and it hides and stays in places you dont expect.
I dis like propane

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Mydeere

03-12-2007 09:20:42




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 Re: MN Farm Shop Explosion in reply to NEsota, 03-12-2007 07:35:32  
The article says it was a storage shed. Then you read a little further and they say it was 120 feet by 160 feet. That's some shed! I'd like to see what they call a hanger! Geesh!



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PatMz

03-12-2007 09:00:34




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 Re: MN Farm Shop Explosion in reply to NEsota, 03-12-2007 07:35:32  
Sounds like a propane leak, and then one of the heaters started.



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