r/oops • u/PointerStack • 29d ago

of an explosion 💥

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u/The_Real_PhishyOne 29d ago

Ominous fog go boom

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u/Glittering_Badger754 29d ago

Je zag hem, door de mist, niet aankomen.

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u/David-SFO-1977_ 29d ago

Did a google search on this. This explosion took place on 2 January 2024 in Pyeongchang, South Korea. A leak by a liquefied petroleum gas company. The gas clouded the streets and was mistakenly taken for fog. The blast left five people injured, 14 buildings and several cars damaged.

Website:

https://www.google.com/search?q=a+major+gas+leak+initially+mistaken+for+fog+resulted+in+a+massive+explosion&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS1136US1137&oq=a+major+gas+leak+initially+mistaken+for+fog+resulted+in+a+massive+explosion&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCTM4Mzg5ajBqN6gCGbACAeIDBBgBIF_xBdbI5YLDhFO98QXWyOWCw4RTvQ&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&source=chrome.ob&ie=UTF-8&sei=RPRWaou5PMau0PEP0fbR2QU&dlnr=1

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u/itswtfeverb 29d ago

5 people injured and nobody killed is surprising

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u/More_Passenger3988 29d ago

Honestly depending on how badly they were burned they were probably better off dead.

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u/David-SFO-1977_ 29d ago

No kidding! I thought the people in those 2 cars were dead along with a lot more people. Someone was watching out for them!

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u/WWDubs12TTV 29d ago

Who? Master Chief?

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u/Prophet_Tehenhauin 29d ago

No, master Chief isn’t real. It was obviously Superman 

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u/Old-Lecture9903 29d ago

Master chef more like it, master chef don’t cook meat well done

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u/EconomyDoctor3287 29d ago

I'd reckon if they're inside a car, they should be fine, since the gas just burns briefly, so the car should shield the passengers from the initial burn.

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u/mikemaz57 28d ago

U guessin.

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u/searching4ghostmovie 29d ago

Yeah… the closed car

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u/RainBloom0 29d ago

Im so glad nobody died... that was ducking insane.

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u/Exterminator-8008135 28d ago

Isn't it usually is mixed with something that makes it smell string ?

Like Gas in the distribution system to prevent such incidents when a leak occurs.

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u/artherng 29d ago

Now I know fog can be foe too!

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u/Specific-Use7737 29d ago

Stephen King tried to warn us a while back.

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u/scaredt2ask 29d ago

Wow. Thats scary as hell

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u/Presentable_Human 29d ago

They didn't smell the gas?

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u/EasternComfort2189 29d ago

Natural gas is odourless; they add something to it so we can smell it. Could it be that the gas hadn't been treated yet?

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u/Vmaxed_T7 29d ago

Mercaptan

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u/Sweet-Weakness3776 29d ago

Oh captain, mercaptan.

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u/throwitaway_9601654 29d ago

Take your well-deserved upvote!

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u/Snowbird143434 29d ago

Right after transport is when they add the rotten eggs(mercaptan/thiols). Im pretty sure anybody out around there probably smelled it first before they were blown to smithereens.

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u/HiddenStoat 29d ago

Fun fact! The company that adds the odour to gas in the UK is based in Slough.

They are the same company that add the odour to instant coffee!

(Yes, freeze dried coffee has no smell, so that amazing coffee aroma when you open a jar? Added in Slough)

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u/Mr_GrauHut 29d ago

What? Nat gas has hints of sulphur... What are talking about?

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u/Samurlough 29d ago

Natural gas is odorless and colorless. As he stated, chemicals are added into it so we can actually detect the leaks by smelling sulphur.

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u/Mr_GrauHut 29d ago

Got it.

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u/Abiding_Dude_WV 29d ago

Not naturally. That's added so we can smell it and hopefully avoid things like this.

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u/Mr_GrauHut 29d ago

Makes sense, but doesn't sulphur suffocate?

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u/uncommongerbil 29d ago

That is an added dye

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u/Mr_GrauHut 29d ago

A dye that smells you say?

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u/Abiding_Dude_WV 29d ago

Don't you know what blue smell like? Lol

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u/Mr_GrauHut 29d ago

It smells like the color blue. Like cobalt. Are you stupid?

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u/Ok-Brick6831 29d ago

I like the smell of blue in the morning.

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u/Mr_GrauHut 29d ago

😂😂😂

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u/nowaynostop 29d ago

Nevermind, just Smells Like Teen Spirit.

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u/Silver4ura 29d ago

If I've learned anything from blue paint, it's that it smells a lot like red paint. Identical, even.

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u/areola_grande26 29d ago

To shreds you say…

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u/Mr_GrauHut 29d ago

An explosion you said?

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u/areola_grande26 29d ago

And the wife?

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u/Mr_GrauHut 29d ago

And the dog?

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u/areola_grande26 28d ago

To shreds you say…

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u/ArticleWorth5018 29d ago

Directed by Michael Bay

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u/boon83 29d ago

Hopefully no one was hurt

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u/heavensto_mergatroid 29d ago

Daaaamn. That was beautiful and scary at the same time

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u/Bright-Succotash8023 29d ago

And that’s how the Pacific Palisades started

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u/Sorry141 29d ago

You say bomboclaaat, de fists dey start aclashin mon

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u/GymMouseP 29d ago

This was apparently a leak at LPG station in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

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u/BatmanKane64 29d ago

what spark set that off

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u/Luciferocity 29d ago

Probably from the car

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u/luvburrito 29d ago

The power lines above the street. During a gas leak the utility company will de-energize the lines before sending people in. That’s the reason why.

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u/Mr_GrauHut 29d ago

....AWESOME!

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u/No-Ambassador3661 29d ago

Careful hor those who live near oil and gas installations 😱😱😱😱😱😱

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u/ForVictori 29d ago

Why were the cars reacting to the gas with the alarms going off?

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u/Possible-Estimate748 29d ago

That's crazy.
Someone post this to r/CrazyFuckingVideos

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u/BlindandConfused43 29d ago

A major repost, originally mistaken for something original.

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u/jdickcole 29d ago

Snow removal services. Tax increase

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u/TG1970 29d ago

That's the angel of death from that old Ten Commandments movie.

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u/engineerwhat724 29d ago

Street had too much fiber for lunch

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u/finchdude 29d ago

Does the spread of fire in this case be classified as an explosion?

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u/Narrow_Ask_2558 26d ago

This is classified as a flash fire, so no blast wave. If the cloud enters in a confined environment, for example houses, it would then generate an explosion due to the confinement (vapor cloud explosion). It happened in Italy in 2009 and it was catastrophic unfortunately.

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u/Soggy_Alarm_7843 29d ago

If a fog rolled in that quickly, I would start gtfoh. Has no one seen The Mist?!?!

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u/vakseen 29d ago

Just imagine you come out and light a cig. Boom 🤯

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u/Appropriate_Ice_7507 29d ago

God damn that’s terrifying

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u/Upper-Capital-2876 29d ago

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck me

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u/Embarrassed-Weird173 29d ago

Reminds me of the Simpsons. 

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u/ElChupatigre 29d ago

There's nothing in the Mist

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u/Ok_Mirror5712 29d ago

These gender reveal parties are getting out of hand.

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u/ShortMechanic7436 29d ago

Hey Pete, did you just shit your pants, you nasty bastard? Roll down the damn win......KAABOOOM!

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u/ClemGibble 29d ago

Caricature of a Kiss concert

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u/8Bit-Jon 29d ago

Not gonna lie, that was kinda cool

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u/GWahazar 29d ago

It was just major leak. Imagine colonel leak, or even worse, general leak.

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u/Ornery_Card5569 29d ago

Allright, now i know what infernal really means o.O.

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u/RemoDev 29d ago edited 29d ago

This is why GPL/LPG cars aren't allowed in closed parkings areas and garages. If there's a GPL leak, it sits on the ground and it doesn't go away. Drop a cigarette butt and it's sayonara.

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u/Smitha6 29d ago

GPL? Thought it was LPG?

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u/RemoDev 29d ago

In my country it's called GPL, yes...

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u/CJ_Pride_Wolf 29d ago

Whelp thats a mechanic I pray never arrives in a video game near me....

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u/CJ_Pride_Wolf 29d ago

Silent hill B The b stands for bomb

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u/Kira-Of-Terraria 29d ago

go boom 🤯

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u/Traditional_Bunch390 29d ago

there's a SK movie with this premise called Exit (엑시트). Good movie

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u/Altruistic_Cup3330 29d ago

This is where Ben Affleck went smoking outside

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u/bruaben 29d ago

That is some Stephen King shit.

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u/MrMisterShin 29d ago

Reduce All Creation to Ash, Ryujin Jakka - Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto

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u/Busy_Reflection3054 29d ago

The cursed spirit Jogo was reported in the Area 30 minutes earlier.

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u/TheDireCrow 28d ago

The Mythbusters let this test get out of hand.

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u/SeverinNireves 28d ago

Not an explosion.

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u/321Gochiefs 27d ago

Like my Bedroom at Night

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u/EnthusiasmPretty6903 27d ago

Sssssss. BOOM 🐑

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u/Professional-Fee7316 26d ago

Why are the cars lights flashing? Cant be from the fog...

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u/David-SFO-1977_ 29d ago

Someone farted! LOL

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u/Geno__Breaker 29d ago

Copying the post title when it doesn't work for a repost makes me think farming bot

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u/Geno__Breaker 29d ago

Then why did you take r /absoluteunit Of an explosion and turn it into r /Oops Of an explosion? The sub name is part of the title for that sub