Yes, I understand that. But do you see the orange color? That's combustion. Do you see the black color that follows? That's carbon resulting from the incomplete (oxygen deficient) combustion of a hydroCARBON gas, not chlorine. Sure, chlorine is a strong OXIDIZER, and mixed with a fuel, it can burn, but again, where did the FUEL come from? So, either someone wanted this guy dead and added a hydrocarbon fuel in the headspace of the tank, or naturally occurring methane leeched into the aquifer from the ground (I can only assume).
$$$$$ Again, I am guessing.
Chlorine? I couldn't imagine how that would ever cause such a devastating explosion. My earlier posts reference all the fracking waste pumped into the ground around there, methanol, benzene, naphthalene, which are all flamable, some highly. But methane is just as likely the culprit.
Methanol is miscible with water and is not flammable unless the concentration reaches approx 50%. Super dangerous to be drinking in any quantity though. Benzene is only slightly soluble in water and, although cancerous, will not be flammable in the concentrations present. If I remember correctly, naphthalene is even less soluble in water and, its presence in water would not pose any fire danger. I think methane is the only possible culprit. Either it exsolved causing a rupture or enough of it off gassed slowly in the tank to raise the vapor concentration into its flammable range and the welding spot ignited it. I'm sure there are plenty of other nasties in the water, but I cannot think of a single one other than methane that could have done that.
Methane also occurs naturally...but green new deal runs headlong into fracking...surprise.
I don’t think fracking is the cause of everyone’s problems, but I sure don’t want to pull water from a well anywhere near it.
