Man blows up house reloading

mikld said:
Although I haven't kept up with the "reports" but has it been determined. by an experts (not some reporter) that the reloading was specifically responsible for the explosion? I've been reloading for over 40 years, have kept in touch with the reloading community and have never heard of any instance like reported; "Man blows up house whie reloading"...
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When the initial reports came out the way they were worded made it sound like the firefighters had determined the fire/explosion was due to reloading. I don't know anything about fire investigations but it seemed improbable that an investigation done in under a day would be able to determine that something like gun powder would blow up a house in that manner.
 
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As I posted before if 3 lbs of smokeless powder in original containers would blow up a house you would not be able to order 8 lb jugs online and have them delivered to your home. Also no retail store would have 50 lbs of more on display for sale. Not sure you could even make a bomb with 3 lbs of smokeless powder that would blow up a house like the one in the picture.
 
Blown up house from " reloading"???

Spent Christmas at friends near Tampa. He mentioned the " house that blew up from reloading "is only about 6 blocks away so had to go take a look. Owners reloading bench is clearly seen sitting in the rubble. Not going to post my opinion as did not cross Police tape but confident Not from reloading smokeless powder cartridges.396A13DF-0B58-407F-BB12-A7A3E75E83A8.jpg

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It could have been some kind of dust explosion or some solvent vapors.
Propane will explode if conditions are right, was there a crawl space under
the house or partial basement?
I've also seen a reinforced concrete grain elevator with the walls pealed
back like an orange, grain dust. About any material that will burn if
made into a fine powder will explode due to the huge surface area.
 
ATF is Still investigating. House was similar to the other in the neighborhood Looks like there was a room off the garage where " it happened". Would love to talk to the insurance Co. investigator. No dust explosion, no natural gas/ propane and no small arms ammo accident. Consider the white stuff they sell everywhere that blows up when shot or????
 
Just another 22 shooter said:
Here in my southwest Iowa town a few years back we had a small(1500 sq ft) house in the not so good part of town blow up with very little fire damage. Everyone thought it was just another meth lab that went kaboom. Turned out the people who owned it had a cockroach problem. They used not one, but six aerosol bug bombs in the house. Left the pilot flame on the water heater on and voila.......big boom. No more cockroaches, no more house. :eek:
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Not an isolated instance. Brings to mind a product called 4 B-gone. Should've named it HOUSE be gone


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Oh please, don't give them any ideas!!

".....must be just about time for some new "sensible and reasonable federal regulations" regarding reloading to protect the public...?"
 
No Way

"I am saying he took a break and went to the men's room and was sitting down, reading a magazine when things happened !!"

Not even a Playboy magazine is going to cause the much explosion.
 
There's been 2 explosions for gunpowder in the earea I live in the past 40 years.

1st 1 was at a gunshop, they'd get kegs of black powder in (cheap) and sell #'s of to customers. It was a bring your own container thing. They just got a couple kegs in and put the word out. Customers flocked in and the guy taking the black powder out of kegs and weighing it was smoking a cigar. Needless to say it didn't go well. Thankfully there was only 9 people in the building at the time. 2 died, 7 were injured and the cinder block building was destroyed.
Fire Kills 2 and Burns 7 In Ohio Sport Goods Shop - The New York Times

2nd explosion was in a small town where a guy was trying to make his own fireworks.
Explosions rock neighborhood - UPI Archives.

Explosion Destroys House; At Least Two People Killed | AP News

Several blocks away windows were shattered in houses from that explosion.

A good friend of mine was the local fire chief in the town that I live in. People brought in a lot of powder to be disposed of from reloaders that passed away. They didn't know what to do with it. A lot of it was old and he burned it, I'm talking 100's of #'s of black and smokeless. He did a lot of testing/experimenting. I asked him about safety issues/concerns when I started having kids. He had no problem stating that if I left my reloading components in the original factory packaging. I wouldn't have to worry; the packaging is designed so explosions can't happen.
 
Greyman50 said:
Spent Christmas at friends near Tampa. He mentioned the " house that blew up from reloading "is only about 6 blocks away so had to go take a look. Owners reloading bench is clearly seen sitting in the rubble. Not going to post my opinion as did not cross Police tape but confident Not from reloading smokeless powder cartridges.View attachment 551255

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Wow. Rock Chuckers really are tough. Didn't even damage the finish.
 
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