Gov't mandates gas can flame arrestors.

   / Gov't mandates gas can flame arrestors. #351  
I self mandated to remove it entirely since I don't like the splash back while filling and don't pour gas on burn piles, wood stoves or hot engines.
I like that it acts as a debris screen. In fact, that’s what I thought it was until this discussion.
 
   / Gov't mandates gas can flame arrestors. #354  
Saw a video of a yearly town bonfire. A couple officials put fire starting fluid and cans in the pile. The final PD officer lit it and it blew up. Debris flying everywhere, no one hurt. Should have had flame arrestors... Safety is good until the device creats another safety hazzard.
 
   / Gov't mandates gas can flame arrestors. #355  
Saw a video of a yearly town bonfire. A couple officials put fire starting fluid and cans in the pile. The final PD officer lit it and it blew up. Debris flying everywhere, no one hurt. Should have had flame arrestors... Safety is good until the device creats another safety hazzard.
The safety hazard was created by the fools starting the bonfire.
 
   / Gov't mandates gas can flame arrestors.
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#356  
Here's one:

Bruce
 
   / Gov't mandates gas can flame arrestors. #357  
Here's one:

Bruce
That likely is confirmation of what the 2 posts above you were referring to. There certainly was something in there besides wood and newspaper...
 
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My first thought was they used gasoline instead of diesel. But I didn't hear the whoosh that gasoline makes just before it explodes. Since the spokesman was so adamant that the same fuel and safety precautions were used, I would put my money on a high school prank gone bad. Luckily no one here has ever done anything stupid.;)

Doug in SW IA
 
   / Gov't mandates gas can flame arrestors. #359  
My first thought was they used gasoline instead of diesel. But I didn't hear the whoosh that gasoline makes just before it explodes. Since the spokesman was so adamant that the same fuel and safety precautions were used, I would put my money on a high school prank gone bad. Luckily no one here has ever done anything stupid.;)

Doug in SW IA
We use diesel/gas mix to burn slash piles in the woods all the time. It burns, but isn’t explosive. That’s what drip torches are fuel with.
 
   / Gov't mandates gas can flame arrestors. #360  
My first thought was they used gasoline instead of diesel. But I didn't hear the whoosh that gasoline makes just before it explodes. Since the spokesman was so adamant that the same fuel and safety precautions were used, I would put my money on a high school prank gone bad. Luckily no one here has ever done anything stupid.;)

Doug in SW IA
Perhaps someone put a 1# propane cannister in the pile that was rigged to leak?

Aaron Z
 

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