SoonerInKCMO
2/7/2007, 09:01 PM
Assplosion on the NE side...
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/16645161.htm
One immediate concern was three 30,000-gallon railroad cars parked on a nearby line. They were clearly marked as containing flammable materials. Dyer said the department was worried they could catch fire and start a blevy – “boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion.” The railroad car would become “a burning rocket that can move as far as a mile,” Dyer said.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/16645161.htm
One immediate concern was three 30,000-gallon railroad cars parked on a nearby line. They were clearly marked as containing flammable materials. Dyer said the department was worried they could catch fire and start a blevy – “boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion.” The railroad car would become “a burning rocket that can move as far as a mile,” Dyer said.