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Van Explosion in Moscow: Spectacular Footage

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.
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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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