Griffo
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Typical poor news article but sounds like another tragic cylinder filling accident
Scuba shop “explosion” Australia
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If picture and text of the article are to be believed, "explosion" might be pretty correct. The text stares that it was a deco cylinder and the picture seems to depict a fireball. Given that windows were blown out, it seems to be more than just an O2-rich "fire".
ETA: Ignore this analysis I'm both "seeing" and not seeing things ...
ETA: Ignore this analysis I'm both "seeing" and not seeing things ...
broncobowsher
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The fireball video I saw was of 2 people torching a stolen car and it fireballed in there face. Don't know why that was embedded in the middle of a scuba shop article?
Russjstewart
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To be pedantic the article says “compression bottle”, but news.com.au has never been famous for accurate reporting.
The local paper in Geelong may have more information but it is behind a paywall when I try to access it
Nope, we gotta pay, too.To be pedantic the article says “compression bottle”, but news.com.au has never been famous for accurate reporting.
The local paper in Geelong may have more information but it is behind a paywall when I try to access it
it might work outside Australia
OK, you are correct, I guess I was reading with contextual prejudice ...To be pedantic the article says “compression bottle”, but news.com.au has never been famous for accurate reporting.
The local paper in Geelong may have more information but it is behind a paywall when I try to access it
it might work outside Australia
For whatever reason it does not show as a video for me, but a static image. When I first saw it I couldn't make out much of anything but the fireball, but with the foreknowledge of the content, I do see the car elements.
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Griffo
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That Murdoch news rags likes to put random videos that have nothing to do with the article. I assume to drive advertising revenue. They seem to be "tag" matched, so they'll show any random video of an explosion in this example.
Best I could do, no pay wall for me.
www.brisbanetimes.com.au
Explosion at Victorian dive shop leaves man in hospital
A man has been airlifted to hospital after an explosion at a dive shop in Geelong.
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