Fireball....

[Wilmslow]

At mum's house for bbq as sister over from Bermuda for the weekend.

I did the unthinkable and used a gallon container of petrol - yes, the cannister caught fire, one hell of an inferno in the patio, used hose pipe, spread the fire the size of a tennis court, melted leaves, drain ablaze and cover melting.

Mum watching coronation street oblivious....

We are talking a whole gallon container spreading out a large area.

I explained the water from hosing down the dog peeing on the outside table....

Got a comment about the patio being black in an area later on.

Removed the charred remains of cannister, so, I think I have got away with it!!, but, more relieved to be unmarked and for the house to still be standing....

Phew, nearly lost the house - mad to think about it!!! Maddest of all is that mum has nooo idea, thankfully!!

[Diver]

At mum's house for bbq as sister over from Bermuda for the weekend.

I did the unthinkable and used a gallon container of petrol - yes, the cannister caught fire, one hell of an inferno in the patio, used hose pipe, spread the fire the size of a tennis court, melted leaves, drain ablaze and cover melting.

Mum watching coronation street oblivious....

We are talking a whole gallon container spreading out a large area.

I explained the water from hosing down the dog peeing on the outside table....

Got a comment about the patio being black in an area later on.

Removed the charred remains of cannister, so, I think I have got away with it!!, but, more relieved to be unmarked and for the house to still be standing....

Phew, nearly lost the house - mad to think about it!!! Maddest of all is that mum has nooo idea, thankfully!!

You may regret posting this!

Just a premonition

Eh! Sas

[realityhack]

Unreal character!!! Seriously, whoever this is.

Unbelievable...

[RichardCranium]

Complete fantasy.

Lucy, take your medication.

Seriously.

[Charles Foster Kane]

Hadoken!

[BrilloPad]

Unreal character!!! Seriously, whoever this is.

Unbelievable...

WHS++

[OwlHoot]

At mum's house for bbq as sister over from Bermuda for the weekend.

I did the unthinkable and used a gallon container of petrol - yes, the cannister caught fire, one hell of an inferno in the patio ..

You're as mad as a mongoose.

If that cannister had exploded, with more than a few drops of petrol in it, and you were anywhere near it you'd almost certainly be dead.

P.S. Paradoxically, almost empty petrol cannisters are far more dangerous than almost full ones.

[VectraMan]

And this year's Darwin award goes to...

[BrilloPad]

You're as mad as a mongoose.

If that cannister had exploded, with more than a few drops of petrol in it, and you were anywhere near it you'd almost certainly be dead.

P.S. Paradoxically, almost empty petrol cannisters are far more dangerous than almost full ones.

Can I ask why that is? Is it to do with petrol fumes?

<BP in Wilmslow mode>

[RichardCranium]

Can I ask why that is? Is it to do with petrol fumes?

<BP in Wilmslow mode>

Liquid petrol gives of a vapour which burns. Petrol does not explode. (I'm not sure if petrol even burns.)

Petrol vapour (a fuel) and air mixed will combust explosively.

In an enclosed space, the heating of the rapidly burning gases will expand explosively.

Dropping a lit match into a nearly empty petrol can will make it explode.

However, spilled petrol runs along the ground giving off vapour as it does so. That is what makes petrol so dangerous: it's ability to run into storm drains and ditches and cracks in foundations long before it is burned away.