Chemicals burn as pick-up goes up in flames in street near Bangkok

 

Image: Sanook

 

A Toyota Revo pick-up carrying 3 tons of 50% Hydrogen Peroxide burst into flames in the street in North Samrong south of Bangkok yesterday. 

 

Driver Janepop, 24, said he had picked up the consignment for delivery to a customer in Chanthaburi. 

 

He noticed liquid dribbling over his windshield but carried on not particularly concerned. 

 

Next he saw smoke and decided to pull over. 

 

When he saw flame he fled for his life. 

 

Firemen took 30 minutes to bring the blaze on Sukhumvit Road under control. 

 

Source: Sanook

 

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yikes. maybe should have paid more attention to the dribbling 

Most likely a pickup rated for 1/2 or 3/4 ton was carrying 3 tons,,with no flammable cargo designation or safety restraints. I guess the driver was commended for running away to save his life and no charges were filed. Amazing Thailand.

11 hours ago, rooster59 said:

carrying 3 tons of 50% Hydrogen Peroxide

 

8 minutes ago, KMartinHandyman said:

Most likely a pickup rated for 1/2 or 3/4 ton was carrying 3 tons,,with no flammable cargo designation or safety restraints. I guess the driver was commended for running away to save his life and no charges were filed. Amazing Thailand.

The truck is not rated for 3 tons. The high-end dual-cab SR5 4x4, for instance, can only cope with 925kg, while the SR dual-cab 4x4 is rated at 920kg - the lowest in the HiLux range. The best is the base manual WorkMate, with a payload capacity of 1225kg.

At least the street will be bleached clean along with all in the vicinity ????

In the uk he would of been charged for plotting an act of terrorism..

50% hydrogen peroxide is a strong oxidizing agent, meaning it want to give up oxygen.

 

Incompatible products Combustible materials. Copper alloys, galvanized iron. Strong reducing agents. Heavy metals. Iron. Copper alloys. Contact with metals, metallic ions, alkalis, reducing agents and organic matter (such as alcohols or terpenes) may produce self-accelerated thermal decomposition.

 

It sank the Kursk:

 

The Russian submarine K-141 Kursk sailed to perform an exercise of firing dummy torpedoes at the Pyotr Velikiy, a Kirov-class battlecruiser. On 12 August 2000, at 11:28 local time (07:28 UTC), there was an explosion while preparing to fire the torpedoes. The only credible report to date is that this was due to the failure and explosion of one of the Kursk's hydrogen peroxide-fueled torpedoes. It is believed that HTP, a form of highly concentrated hydrogen peroxide used as propellant for the torpedo, seeped through its container, damaged either by rust or in the loading procedure back on land where an incident involving one of the torpedoes accidentally touching ground went unreported. The vessel was lost with all hands. A similar incident was responsible for the loss of HMS Sidon in 1955.

Edited March 17, 20197 yr by ExpatOilWorker

23 minutes ago, happy chappie said:

In the uk he would of been charged for plotting an act of terrorism..

A truck like that can easy burn a piece of the bts down....or a bridge.

Not a big deal. its not going to affect the air quality any.

16 hours ago, rooster59 said:

He noticed liquid dribbling over his windshield but carried on not particularly concerned. 

Sure. 

It could have been rain. 

Won't someone think of the bargirls? How are they going to bleach their hair now? 

Only pickups in Thailand can carry 3x their load limit. That's why Thailand is the main production hub for pickups. As usual safety comes last. Always profit first.