The downside of diy

[pred]

I guess if the fumes were heavier than air they could have pooled around floor level, possibly knocked him unconscious eventually with a fridge or something starting up and sparking to cause the explosion but that must have been one hell of a lot of fumes. Perhaps it could have caused a secondary explosion on the gas supply but if that's been ruled out already (ish) who knows.

Remember this;

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/1876342.stm

 

[pred]

I heard the fire that swept through Hinckley was due to an open petrol container which gave off fumes and as the level rose it was ignited by a pilot flame in a boiler.

All that from about a gallon of petrol.

 

[rjm2k]

Never saw an update on these, here you are...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-25319071

Expanding Foam!

 

[zanzibar]

God, he must have been pretty clueless if he was trying to fill a coal shiute with foam, surely not.

 

[cajar]

Im glad I don't touch expanding foam, I get someone in.

 

[conny]

Im glad I don't touch expanding foam, I get someone in.

And if they are using loads of it make sure you get out!

 

[zanzibar]

Just brick the damned coal chute, or cement a slab over the top, depending on the type of coal chute

 

[rjm2k]

Just brick the damned coal chute, or cement a slab over the top, depending on the type of coal chute

He may have done just that, then used the foam as cavity insulation or something. We'll never now

 

[Whitespirit66]

Is the 'religion of peace' aware of the power of a few cans of expanding foam?

 

[planenut]

So no "gas", no "tampering", just plain old "accidental" .

Thank goodness nobody casts aspersions when there's a road accident, otherwise, there would be a furore to have driving only carried out by "professionals".

 

[Norcon]

Maybe it was the gas from the coal that exploded.
Seems a bit far fetched blaming it on a few tins of expanding foam.

 

[rjm2k]

Maybe it was the gas from the coal that exploded.
Seems a bit far fetched blaming it on a few tins of expanding foam.

15 tins! I assume that when they come up with such a conclusion about the cause of an accident which kills a number of people, they base that on scientific evidence that what they believe happened is actually possible.

 

[zanzibar]

Perhaps it was just doing "what it says on the tin" !!!!