Do vehicles really combust into fireballs when they collide? Are doors and hoods sent flying from the blast? Or is it all just movie myth? Please support us by trying out the Brilliant app —free—for 30 days, by visiting https://brilliant.org/debunked/ Brilliant is the best way to learn science & engineering, math, data science, and computer science interactively. Join us as we learn the process behind an explosion, what makes engines work and how fires and explosions in gasoline, electric and LPG vehicles can occur! MUSIC Epidemic Sounds SOURCES Internal Combustion Engine Basics https://www.energy.gov/eere/vehicles/articles/internal-combustion-engine-basics Can Cars Really Explode After A Collision, Like In The Movies? https://www.scienceabc.com/humans/movies/can-cars-really-explode-after-a-collision-like-in-the-movies.html Will The Gas Tank Of A Car Explode If You Fire A Bullet At It? https://www.scienceabc.com/eyeopeners/will-the-gasoil-tank-of-a-car-explode-if-you-fire-a-bullet-at-it.html “When real cars blow up, it's nothing like a movie explosion” https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/culture/commuting/when-real-cars-blow-up-its-nothing-like-a-movie-explosion/article13222504/ Petrol flammability https://www.merseyfire.gov.uk/safety-advice/community-safety/petroleum/storing-petroleum Why Cars Explode Into Fireballs And Why They Usually Don't https://jalopnik.com/why-cars-explode-into-fireballs-and-why-they-usually-do-560552028 The Truth Behind the Action Movie Myth of Blowing Up a Car by Shooting Its Gas Tank https://www.motorbiscuit.com/truth-action-movie-myth-blowing-car-shooting-gas-tank/ Vehicle fires - NFPA https://www.nfpa.org/-/media/Files/News-and-Research/Fire-statistics-and-reports/US-Fire-Problem/osvehiclefires.pdf U.S. VEHICLE FIRE TRENDS AND PATTERNS http://tkolb.net/FireReports/US_VehFirTrePat2003-2007.pdf “DO CARS REALLY EXPLODE LIKE IN HOLLYWOOD MOVIES?” https://www.revyuh.com/news/lifestyle/social-network/cars-really-explode-like-hollywood-movies-video/ “Do gas tanks really explode like in the movies?” Garage54 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaWSjWxsuP0 “HOLLYWOOD LIES TO YOU” Prometheus Forensic Services https://prometheus-fs.co.uk/articles/hollywood-lies-to-you/ “Do Cars Explode When Catching Fire? Here Are The Facts” https://motorandwheels.com/cars-explode-catch-fire/ “Do Cars Really EXPLODE On Impact? | Earth Lab” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kku4ceDDN04 What Is Thermal Runaway? https://sps.honeywell.com/us/en/support/blog/siot/what-is-thermal-runaway What To Do When Your Electric Car's on Fire https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/hybrid-electric/a27129771/electric-car-fire/ Are electric car fires really that common? https://www.thecarexpert.co.uk/are-electric-car-fires-really-that-common/#:~:text=In%20fact%2C%20it's%20an%20urban,their%20petrol%20or%20diesel%20equivalents How Common Are Car Fires And What Causes Them? https://www.service4service.co.uk/news/general/car-fires/ Vehicle Fires - fireservice.co.uk https://www.fireservice.co.uk/safety/vehicle-fires/ 27 August 2012 - India Chala LPG tanker disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chala_LPG_tanker_disaster https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S030541791300106X https://www.hazardexonthenet.net/article/52894/Indian-LPG-tanker-explosion-death-toll-reaches-19.aspx 15 june 2020 - China https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-06-13/Oil-tank-truck-catches-fire-and-explodes-in-east-China-s-Zhejiang-Ria8JiKyje/index.html 24 December 2022 - Boksburg Explosion South africa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boksburg_explosion LPG TANKER LEAKAGE AND EXPLOSION STUDY https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/2003/1/012005 LPG Tanks don’t explode if they aren’t damaged https://www.elgas.co.nz/resources/elgas-blog/256-how-why-would-an-lpg-cylinder-explode-lpg-cylinder-blast-propane/ What happens during the collision of two LPG-fuelled cars? https://ac.com.pl/customer-publications/3945/what-happens-during-the-collision-of-two-lpg-fuelled-cars-/?ph_kontener_glowny_D_start=show#:~:text=Response%20time%20to%20gas%20pressure,powered%20cars%20poses%20no%20threat NOS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l6jz-d9NdI https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK532922/#:~:text=While%20nitrous%20oxide%20is%20not,the%20least%20potent%20inhalational%20anesthetic. SOAKED RAG https://prometheus-fs.co.uk/articles/hollywood-lies-to-you/ DESIGN https://www.jstor.org/stable/3097160 https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1400/format:webp/1*Cwc4VyDgnCAewMbRAFHAWQ.png https://www.jstor.org/stable/23703151 https://www.tortmuseum.org/ford-pinto/ https://thebhc.org/sites/default/files/beh/BEHprint/v027n2/p0390-p0401.pdf