Gasoline tank full of water, does not explode when exposed to fire.

1,342 views · Published 13 July 2011 · 0:13 · Indexed 6 November 2026

Channel: Igor Chudov · 2011 · Entertainment

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The reason why fuel tanks explode during welding or drilling, is that they are full of a mixture of fuel fumes and air. Remove one of them, or both, and explosion will not happen. 

Water displaces both fumes and air, and reduces the volume available for combustion. In this case, this fuel tank had at most 3/4" of air on top of the water.

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