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    I wonder what volatile substance was in that pit that the firecracker set off.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frank S View Post
    I wonder what volatile substance was in that pit that the firecracker set off.
    Guessing the usual melange of hydrocarbons that are in grease pits...

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    Yeah, drop a firecracker into a confined space known to contain flammable vapors! What could possibly go wrong? Another Darwin's list candidate. He didn't get inducted this time, but he just might make it on the next attempt.

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    Today's Russian vocabulary word is "дебил."

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    Quote Originally Posted by bruce.desertrat View Post
    Guessing the usual melange of hydrocarbons that are in grease pits...
    What I am thinking is, since this was obviously a staged event for click bait the guy, probably opened an LP tank down there for a while ither that o r a nat. gas line.
    Generally greases and oils would not produce enough vapors to instantly combust from a a source as small as a fire cracker,
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    I bet his mama is real proud

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    Quote Originally Posted by eoverton View Post
    Today's Russian vocabulary word is "дебил."
    Yep. About sums him up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bruce.desertrat View Post
    Guessing the usual melange of hydrocarbons that are in grease pits...
    It is just a pit and usually they get full of water and oil spills unless they have a proper sump which needs to be cleaned regularly.I think Frank S has nailed it.

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    But, Frank S., why wouldn't a fuse set off LP gas before the "firecracker" went off? I don't think "firecracker" is an apt descriptor of whatever he dropped into the pit.

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