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A huge explosion at a gas station in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya. (imgur.com)
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[-] ironsoap@lemmy.one 5 points 2 months ago

Someone correct me, but that looks like natural gas or LPG, turning into a what amounts to a fuel air bomb. I'm assuming it's a secondary to an attack.

[-] Weirdmusic@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

It's called a BLEVE (boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion) and they'the things of nightmares.

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_liquid_expanding_vapor_explosion)

[-] ironsoap@lemmy.one 5 points 2 months ago

Ah, yes... How could my mythbuster lessons in explosions leave my memory?

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