Flat blown up in air bed accident

[arkitect]

At first I thought this story was going to be faaar more interesting/salacious/pervy.

A German man has blown up his flat while trying to mend an inflatable mattress, local fire officials say.

The man from the western city of Dusseldorf used car tyre solvent to repair a hole and left it overnight.

But when he tried to inflate the mattress the next day, it was ignited by a spark from an electric air pump.

"The apartment looked devastated," Spiegel Online quoted a fire brigade spokesman as saying.

The paper said the cost of the damage was estimated at 20,000 euros (£17,200), and that the man would be put under investigation for causing an explosion through negligence.

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How much solvent did this guy use?
I mean surely to blow up a flat you're talking buckets of the stuff.

Unless it formed a highly flammable gas inside the mattress?

 

[tabasco70]

wow. haha
i can't believe he's being put under investigation.
poor guy blew himself up. i wonder if hes ok?

 

[arkitect]

wow. haha
i can't believe he's being put under investigation.

Well I think his neighbours are pretty p*ssed off with him for a start.

 

[pelicanflip]

Ouchies, that's terrible...

"WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR FLAT?"

"I blew it up with an air mattress..."

 

[Unspoken Demise]

Wow. Crazy stuff. Poor guy. What an unusual circumstance!

 

[velocityg4]

At first I thought this story was going to be faaar more interesting/salacious/pervy.



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How much solvent did this guy use?
I mean surely to blow up a flat you're talking buckets of the stuff.

Unless it formed a highly flammable gas inside the mattress?

If the stuff is highly explosive it my not take a huge amount. I would say a 4lb container (about 1 gallon) of smokeless power (modern gunpowder) would do much more damage that that.

 

[patrick0brien]

Tyre solvent? Likely story. I'm thinking beans and sauerkraut are the true culprits.