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An explosion at a gas station in Krasnodar, Russia (Original Post) soothsayer Jul 2020 OP
The bottom video is like Russian Roulette Renew Deal Jul 2020 #1
Yikes soothsayer Jul 2020 #2
My thought as well . . . Journeyman Jul 2020 #5
Fires that big are usually hot Renew Deal Jul 2020 #6
There's 5 Ways To Prevent This... ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #3
I think this is a candidate for your timeline. live love laugh Jul 2020 #4
omg Demovictory9 Jul 2020 #7

Journeyman

(15,031 posts)
5. My thought as well . . .
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 02:51 PM
Jul 2020

I wonder, was there no alternative for those drivers short of passing by those flames? I guess, if you didn't know what was burning, you wouldn't know the potential for danger, but still . . . damn.

Renew Deal

(81,852 posts)
6. Fires that big are usually hot
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 02:58 PM
Jul 2020

So you have to pass quickly. I’ve passed car or building fires like that. But never a gas station.

ProfessorGAC

(64,988 posts)
3. There's 5 Ways To Prevent This...
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 02:10 PM
Jul 2020

...at nearly every gas station I've ever been to, anywhere in the world.
Somebody either did something illegal & stupid like defeat safety measure, or it was on purpose.
Gas stations don't just blow up.

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