webfact Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Man injured by kitchen explosion, leaking gas cylinder suspected By Eakkapop Thongtub The force of the blast blew out the shopfront windows, brought down celing panels and displaced roofing tiles. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub PHUKET: Police believe that a gas leak caused an explosion that injured a man when he turned the kitchen light on at his shophouse home in Grand Boat Plaza village in Rassada early this morning (May 21). Capt Ronnaphoom Phermpoon of the Phuket City Police was called to the scene at 5am. On arriving at the shophouse unit, police saw the shopfront glass across the ground, a wooden seat had been sent tumbling and letters from the ARTS Factory Co Ltd sign above the door were left scattered. Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/man-injured-by-kitchen-explosion-leaking-gas-cylinder-suspected-76129.php -- © Copyright Phuket News 2020-05-22 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RichardColeman Posted May 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 21, 2020 35 minutes ago, webfact said: PHUKET: Police believe that a gas leak caused an explosion letters from the ARTS Factory Co Ltd sign above the door were left scattered. Guess they couldn't find the other 'F' 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 And he didn't smell gas before operating the light switch? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr mr Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 can someone help me understand how turning on the light ignited the gas ? serious question. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon43 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, mr mr said: can someone help me understand how turning on the light ignited the gas ? serious question. thanks When turning on a light switch, the internal electrical contacts inside the switch often generate an electrical spark as the electrical current flows through the switch contacts, thus igniting any flammable gas in the room. Edited May 21, 2020 by simon43 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matzzon Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 1 hour ago, mr mr said: can someone help me understand how turning on the light ignited the gas ? serious question. thanks That´squite easy. Ask yourself how faulty electric can start a fire? Then you will have your answer. Voila! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 2 hours ago, Crossy said: And he didn't smell gas before operating the light switch? That looks like multi-tasking to me, so probably not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr mr Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 1 hour ago, simon43 said: When turning on a light switch, the internal electrical contacts inside the switch often generate an electrical spark as the electrical current flows through the switch contacts, thus igniting any flammable gas in the room. does that have anything to do with the lines not being grounded here or just something that happens normally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinginKata Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 55 minutes ago, mr mr said: does that have anything to do with the lines not being grounded here or just something that happens normally. Just depends on the quality of the contacts. Cheap switch more likely make a spark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 6 hours ago, mr mr said: can someone help me understand how turning on the light ignited the gas ? serious question. thanks Sparks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 3 minutes ago, hotchilli said: Sparks ! Yeah, they were good. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 1 hour ago, bluesofa said: Yeah, they were good. Still going strong - though Lyric content seems a bit dire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 2 hours ago, RichardColeman said: Still going strong - though Lyric content seems a bit dire Thanks so much for that! From the intro to the song, I now know that Edwin Beard Budding (1796–1846), an engineer from Eastington, Stroud, was the English inventor of the lawnmower (1830) and adjustable spanner (1842). source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Beard_Budding#Adjustable_spanner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgrazing Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 12 hours ago, webfact said: Police believe that a gas leak caused an explosion that injured a man when he turned the kitchen light Moral of the story don't turn the light on .. use a candle instead .. Mate of mine done similar boiling off Propane used to extract oil from green , demolishing his kitchen extension in the process .. Fire Brigade and Plod turned up in full emergency mode , they see Dave wandering about dazed and start asking questions .. " Dunno what happened ' he said " think the missus put too much rice in the pressure cooker " .. to which Fireman says " was it green rice and why's all your hair and eyebrows scorched off " before carting him off the hospital .. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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