The supervisor at the wastewater treatment plant in Crystal Mi was killed yesterday morning. He was cutting some braces with a chop saw and the sparks ignited a barrell of waste oil. They said it blew both ends out of the barrel and damaged one corner of the building. When I heard about it yestrday morning,they said he was badly injured,but the paper said this morning that he was DOA at the hospital. Tragic story.
- Thread starter rrlund
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I used to live on the west side of Detroit and work on the east side. ( afternoon shift ) One day I took 8 mile across town. I was going down 8 mile. and I saw a big plume of smoke roll across the road, a couple hundred yards in front of me. As I got up to that area, it was still pretty smokey, but not too bad. I looked to my right, and it looked like a nasty vacant lot, and old service station spot. There were a couple of cinder blocks in the road, I had to drive around, thought it was odd, but went on my way. Westbound traffic had stopped, didn't know why. Next day, found out some guy had been welding on a car, on the lift, and had hit the gas tank. Blew him and his buddy all the way across 8 mile, it's a boulevard. Must have been 300 ft - both dead. Nothing left of the building.
Anonymous-0
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I'm thinking there had to be some gas or something there to. I don't think straight oil would ignite that easily from sparks off a chop saw, unless some oil was directly under where all the sparks went. Dave
Will- Tx.-Mn.
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rrlund,
Did you leave out some essential facts to the story? I am wondering how did a barrel of waste oil explode
A tragic accident for sure,it is indeed a sad story
Will
Did you leave out some essential facts to the story? I am wondering how did a barrel of waste oil explode
A tragic accident for sure,it is indeed a sad story
Will
That had me scratching my head too,but I don't know if it's some sort of seperation barrel or what. My brother used to be maintenance supervisor for Carson City and he said those barrels give off a smell just like gasoline,so must be some sort of a permenamt fixture at waste water treatment plants.
J.Wondergem
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- Rockford, Mi.
The fumes are explosive, not the liquid. Needs the oxygen mixed in it. An empty gas tank is worse than a full one.
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