> On 5/19/98, at 7:06 PM, Chris Owen wrote:
> >I once saw a mechanic put out his cigarette by throwing
> >it into a 10,000 gallon jet fuel tank. Not that I'd
> >want to try it personally or anything... ;-]
>
> A lit cigarette isn't hot enough to light gasoline vapors either.
> It *lighting* the cigarette around gas that's dangerous.
>
Jet fuel isn't gasoline, it's kerosene with other fun stuff in it --
actually harder to ignite than gasoline. However, if you don't think
gasoline vapor can be lit by a cigarette, by all means try it yourself --
just don't take a drag before you toss it.
Russ Taylor (rtaylor@cmc.net, http://www.cmc.net/~rtaylor)
Chambers Multimedia Connection Help Desk
"Hoody hoo! How many hedge-ogres did I get?" -- Knights of the Dinner Table
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