Van Explosion in Moscow: Spectacular Footage [Video]

After we saw the Mithbusters shoot bullets at a gas tank, we really started to believe that petrol-powered cars and trucks could become blazing infernos under the right conditions, but they would never explode in a massive fireball.

Yet we have fresh footage of another massive explosion coming from the Russian capital of Moscow, and it involves a van according to the video description. Now, usually vans in Europe are diesel-powered because this is more economical. However, Russia has a lot of natural gas, so maybe some drivers use LPG, which is cheaper than petrol.

The explosion of a pressurized LPG tank cold explain the massive fireball that resulted in this explosion. But as you can see, everybody was surprised by the ferocity of the detonation, especially the bystanders, who were much too close.