VIDEO: Container in the back of a taxi catches fire
Attendant and driver are filling a container in the back of a taxi. They forget the cardinal rule and don’t take the container out to place it on the ground […]
Category Archives: Fire
VIDEO: Fuel truck vapor fire during offloading
In this video the fuel delivery truck is busy off-loading and at least 2 filler point covers are open. When a car drives by the vapor is ignited and you […]
VIDEO: Bakkie crashes into pump and forecourt attendant
Driver loses control of bakkie and crashes into the forecourt and an attendant assisting a customer. The driver recovers nd is able to climb out of the bakkie, but the […]
VIDEO: Static causes explosions on forecourts
This video contains a few clips of fuel vapors igniting, probably because there is a static electricity discharge.
VIDEO: Fire erupts at the pump
Most fires on the forecourt start as a result of static electricity building up and then igniting fuel vapor at the pump:
VIDEO: Cigarette lighter causes fuel vapor to ignite
Cigarette lighter causes fuel vapor to ignite. Here is another scary example of how lighting a cigarette in the right place can ignite fuel vapors. Luckily this guy got away.
VIDEO: Plastic container on the back of bakkie ignites
The customer hasn’t placed the container on the ground and the static electricity could not be discharged. He places the nozzle in the container and engages the automatic stop. When […]
VIDEO: Pump fire from static electricity
Here is a great example of how static electricity is built up over time and then creates enough spark to ignite fuel vapors at the tank. notice how the customer […]
VIDEO: Woman lights man’s car on fire for being denied a cigarette.
Woman lights man’s car on fire for being denied a cigarette. This bystander asks the customer for a cigarette and when he says no she takes revenge by using her lighter […]
VIDEO: Man filmed starting a fire
Man filmed starting a fire in Greenwich. He walks casually up to to the pump and drops the existing fuel left in the nozzle onto the forecourt. He then tries […]
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