Surveillance camera captures deadly water tank explosion in Lemoore (youtube.com) 3 points by civil_engineer 5y ago ↗ HN
[–] aliasEli 5y ago ↗ What caused that explosion? Lots of ordinary materials, like grain or milk powder, can explode in a spectacular fashion, but water???
[–] civil_engineer 5y ago ↗ Most likely methane dissolved in well water. Came out of solution in the tank. Wells that produce water with dissolved methane need scrubbers and forced air ventilation on the tanks.
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