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Van explodes after filling gas bottle with LPG

De man had zijn gasfles gevuld aan de LPG-pomp.

A van exploded last week after the driver filled a gas bottle with LPG at a petrol station. Lighting a cigarette afterwards proved not to be a good idea, but the man fortunately got away with minor injuries.

The driver had filled a gas bottle with LPG at the Bruno gas station in Bocholt, located in the Belgian province of Limburg, last week. He was just about to drive off, but the bottle, which was in the boot of his van, leaked a little. When the man first lit a cigarette, things went wrong: the accumulated gas detonated.

The explosion destroyed just about the entire van. That the driver got away with minor injuries all in all was a miracle. After all, not only was the roof blown off the vehicle, the trunk was also reduced to scrap metal. That was the man’s luck; that way, the pressure in the vehicle could go away before it injured him badly. Nevertheless, he was admitted to hospital.

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This article was automatically translated from the Dutch language original to English (British).

Author: Matthieu Van Steenkiste

Source: MobilityEnergy.com

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