LPG fire at service station in Maryborough Qld
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From: Kev on 9 Aug 2010 07:27 Atheist Chaplain wrote: > > "Milton" <millame23(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:4c5f24fd$0$28648$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... >> I was reading in the Fraser Coast Chronicle the other day where a guy >> was filling up his LPG barbeque bottle at the LPG car pump and started >> a fire. Quite a bit of damage to the servo and looks like the guy is >> going to be charged. I've been trying to find the page on the Net to >> show you but can't find it. I only hope the guy isn't a regular of >> this n/g because I know of cases where some in here (I won't mention >> any names) have said it's cheaper to fill your barbeque bottle at the >> bowser if you had the adapter, because it's the same LPG. Could have >> been catastophic. Anyone else read about this in their local? >> >> Regards >> >> Milton > > http://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/story/2010/08/02/explosion-under-investigation-united-service-gas/ > > Here is what happened then the fuckwit was filling it in the back of his car/wagon/4WD to hide the fact that he was doing it, and of course filled the rear of his car with vapours because of his dodgey adapter when his Engel's compressor kicked in what's the bet he's 'been doing it for years without incident" Some people will even tell you it's safe to fill fuel drums in the boot of a car Kev
From: D Walford on 9 Aug 2010 08:11 On 9/08/2010 9:27 PM, Kev wrote: > Atheist Chaplain wrote: >> >> "Milton" <millame23(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message >> news:4c5f24fd$0$28648$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... >>> I was reading in the Fraser Coast Chronicle the other day where a guy >>> was filling up his LPG barbeque bottle at the LPG car pump and started >>> a fire. Quite a bit of damage to the servo and looks like the guy is >>> going to be charged. I've been trying to find the page on the Net to >>> show you but can't find it. I only hope the guy isn't a regular of >>> this n/g because I know of cases where some in here (I won't mention >>> any names) have said it's cheaper to fill your barbeque bottle at the >>> bowser if you had the adapter, because it's the same LPG. Could have >>> been catastophic. Anyone else read about this in their local? >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Milton >> >> http://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/story/2010/08/02/explosion-under-investigation-united-service-gas/ >> >> >> > > > Here is what happened then > the fuckwit was filling it in the back of his car/wagon/4WD to hide the > fact that he was doing it, and of course filled the rear of his car with > vapours because of his dodgey adapter when his Engel's compressor kicked in > > what's the bet he's 'been doing it for years without incident" Just because some cockhead does it the wrong doesn't mean it isn't safe if done correctly. If something can de done for very many years "without incident" that's a very good indication that its safe, the difference is that the person doing the filling needs to be trained how to do it safely and Joe Public shouldn't be allowed to do it themselves. Daryl
From: Milton on 9 Aug 2010 08:57 "Atheist Chaplain" <abused(a)cia.gov> wrote in message news:4c5fb9c3$1(a)news.x-privat.org... > > "Milton" <millame23(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:4c5f24fd$0$28648$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... >> I was reading in the Fraser Coast Chronicle the other day where a guy was >> filling up his LPG barbeque bottle at the LPG car pump and started a >> fire. Quite a bit of damage to the servo and looks like the guy is going >> to be charged. I've been trying to find the page on the Net to show you >> but can't find it. I only hope the guy isn't a regular of this n/g >> because I know of cases where some in here (I won't mention any names) >> have said it's cheaper to fill your barbeque bottle at the bowser if you >> had the adapter, because it's the same LPG. Could have been catastophic. >> Anyone else read about this in their local? >> >> Regards >> >> Milton > > http://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/story/2010/08/02/explosion-under-investigation-united-service-gas/ > Thanks AC, I knew I could trust you to find it, fucked if I could, thought I had dreamed it there for a while. No doubt he was filling it in the car so as to hide the fact of what he was doing, or isn't it illegal filling a gas bottle from a car bowser? Regards Milton
From: Noddy on 9 Aug 2010 22:28 "jonz" <fj40(a)deisel.com> wrote in message news:4c609653$1(a)dnews.tpgi.com.au... > if you look down a little further, you will see i requested "read the > regs"................ Which meant what exactly? The "regs" demand that bottles other than car gas tanks can't be filled from lpg bowsers at service stations, but that doesn't mean the practice isn't safe. Like all regulations, they're designed to guard against idiots who can't pick their nose without going into a coma, rather than unsafe practices specifically. -- Regards, Noddy.
From: Kev on 10 Aug 2010 00:32
D Walford wrote: > On 9/08/2010 9:27 PM, Kev wrote: >> Atheist Chaplain wrote: >>> >>> "Milton" <millame23(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message >>> news:4c5f24fd$0$28648$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... >>>> I was reading in the Fraser Coast Chronicle the other day where a guy >>>> was filling up his LPG barbeque bottle at the LPG car pump and started >>>> a fire. Quite a bit of damage to the servo and looks like the guy is >>>> going to be charged. I've been trying to find the page on the Net to >>>> show you but can't find it. I only hope the guy isn't a regular of >>>> this n/g because I know of cases where some in here (I won't mention >>>> any names) have said it's cheaper to fill your barbeque bottle at the >>>> bowser if you had the adapter, because it's the same LPG. Could have >>>> been catastophic. Anyone else read about this in their local? >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> Milton >>> >>> http://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/story/2010/08/02/explosion-under-investigation-united-service-gas/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> Here is what happened then >> the fuckwit was filling it in the back of his car/wagon/4WD to hide the >> fact that he was doing it, and of course filled the rear of his car with >> vapours because of his dodgey adapter when his Engel's compressor >> kicked in >> >> what's the bet he's 'been doing it for years without incident" > > Just because some cockhead does it the wrong doesn't mean it isn't safe > if done correctly. > If something can de done for very many years "without incident" that's a > very good indication that its safe, the difference is that the person > doing the filling needs to be trained how to do it safely and Joe Public > shouldn't be allowed to do it themselves. It's like filling petrol containers in the boot or back of a ute people have been doing that for years too. but there are also lots of fires during the process(plenty that you don't see in the news). but the worst thing is what happens when it does go WOOF, and it's this that makes the situation worse. Their first reaction is to jump back, pump in hand and the trigger still open. What is worse is that people fill drums in the back of wagons with their family sitting in the seats next to or in front of the process The problem with filling any fuel container(gas or petrol) is the vapours, inside the cabin with who knows what dodgey electrical problems and in this case, something no one would thing about, an electrical motor Kev |