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"If it's not the son,
My life is gone. ”
A few days ago, a terrifying scene occurred in Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province.
The young mother is cooking in the kitchen and the son is noisy in the living room. Hearing the cries, she quickly ran to the living room to comfort her son. But just 10 seconds later, the gas canister in the kitchen exploded.
In an instant, the flames soared into the sky, and the entire kitchen was engulfed in flames. We can't imagine what would have happened if the mother had come out one step late...
After escaping death, she sighed: "If it were not for my son, my life would be gone."
This mother is lucky, but the goddess of luck does not always take care of it, and some people's lives are forever fixed on the scene of the explosion.
On October 21 this year, there was a large gas deflagration accident caused by a gas leak in the Heping District of Shenyang City.
At that time, accompanied by a loud noise, a mushroom cloud rose from the flat ground, and the once bustling commercial street became a ruin in a moment.
The accident killed a total of 5 people and injured 46 people to varying degrees.
In September 2018, an explosion occurred in the home of a resident in Xiamen, and a couple was severely burned.
Unlike the previous explosion caused by a gas leak, this explosion was caused by the couple pouring flour on the stove while cooking.
This may be unexpected by many people, after all, in everyone's subconscious, the general kitchen explosion is caused by gas and gas leakage, how can flour also explode?
But this is not an isolated case!
In 2010, an explosion occurred at a starch factory in Qinhuangdao, killing 21 people and injuring 47 others;
In June 2015, at a party in Taiwan, the organizers exploded while spraying cornstarch on the audience, injuring 498 people and killing 7 people;
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These behaviors are extremely dangerous when cooking!
Pour flour next to the gas stove:
Why did the couple pour flour next to the gas stove get seriously injured? Let's start with a set of simulation experiments:
We can see that the flames suddenly become larger after the flour comes into contact with sporadic flames.
After all, the kitchen is a confined space, so the situation in the confined space was simulated later, and the result was that the flames not only flew up, but also exploded instantaneously.
Flour explodes when it comes into contact with a flame because flour is made up of dust particles that explode once a certain concentration is reached in the air. So, never pour flour in the kitchen or where there is an open flame!
"84 disinfectant" and toilet cleaner mixed with:
These two things are used separately, as long as ventilation is guaranteed, there is basically no harm to the human body. But I'm afraid to mix these two things together!
Because 84 contains sodium hypochlorite and toilet cleaner contains hydrochloric acid, chlorine gas is produced when the two are combined.
Chlorine is a highly irritating toxic gas that, once acute poisoning occurs, can lead to anterior tube spasm or even death by suffocation.
Frozen food directly into the oil pan:
Someone once did an experiment: the turkey that had been frozen was put into the oil pot, and the moment it was put in, the oil pot was full of fire, and even the house on the side was set on fire.
Because frozen food is placed directly into the oil pot, it will cause the ice on the outside of the food to become water vapor in a short period of time, and then the oil pot will also boil.
In addition to causing an explosion, it will also spew out the already boiling oil, if the person stands on the edge of the oil pan at this time, the consequences can be imagined!
Leftovers are stored in the sewers for a long time:
Some people are usually lazy and don't like to clean up the sewers or sinks.
As everyone knows, this kind of behavior is very dangerous. Previously, the home of a resident in Jiangsu Province exploded because of leftovers in the sewers.
Why do leftovers also cause explosions?
It turns out that after the leftovers reach a certain time in the sewers, they will ferment and produce methane, which is what we often call "biogas".
Once the biogas explodes, everyone should know how powerful it is. Therefore, usually the sewer and the sink must be actively cleaned, do not accumulate leftovers in it for a long time.
Spray insecticides, perfumes and floral sprays when cooking:
Some media have reported that a housewife caused an explosion due to the use of spray insecticides while cooking, and eventually 85% of her body was burned.
Because many pesticides are alkanes, lipids and aromatic hydrocarbons, once they encounter an open flame, they will combine with oxygen in the air and explode.
Although not all pesticides will explode when they meet open flames, it is best not to spray pesticides when cooking. In addition, perfumes, floral lotions and air fresheners are also best not to be used at high temperatures!
There was no one around when making soup:
Because it often takes a long time to cook soup, someone puts the soup in the kitchen and cooks it, but runs out to do other things.
There was a lady who was like this before, and as a result, the soup was boiled dry and the pot was burned through. Later, the entire stove was burned down, but fortunately she lived on the first floor, was seen and extinguished by passers-by.
Therefore, when making soup, it is best not to leave people, if you cook soup while doing housework, you should also come back every few minutes to see it.
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At stake!
7 things that must not be put in the microwave!
The news of an explosion caused by the use of microwave oven heating eggs is not unique, but in fact there are many things that cannot be heated in the microwave.
Someone has done an experiment before, putting two grapes in the microwave and heating them. Who knew that in the microwave oven, two seemingly ordinary grapes actually produced an electric arc.
There is also a housewife in the United States, because of the metal cutlery in the microwave oven, resulting in a large area of burns to the skin.
So, don't heat these things in the microwave!
Eggs: the microwave oven is blown up, and the heavy is caused by explosions and fires;
Fruit: Fruits represented by grapes, blueberries and cherry tomatoes contain salt ions, which will produce a very powerful power plant in the microwave oven, which may cause an explosion once heated;
Metal tableware: after heating, metal molecules will produce violent vibrations, which will cause spontaneous combustion;
Tin foil: because tin foil contains metals;
Paper products: both metal and tin foil can ignite, not to mention paper products;
Plastic containers: unless specifically marked to be able to heat in the microwave oven, do not easily put plastic into the microwave oven;
Liquid: Heating liquids in a microwave oven, the biggest problem is that the liquid may exceed the boiling point but not boil. However, once the door of the microwave oven is opened, the liquid may suddenly boil violently, resulting in burns.
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Beware of the items that are most likely to cause explosions in winter!
In the winter, down jackets have become the standard for everyone, but everyone must pay attention to the following details when wearing down jackets.
Washing machine + down jacket = explosion
Because the down jacket is very thick, hand washing is more troublesome, so many people choose to use a washing machine to wash. However, the resulting explosion accidents are endless:
The reason for the explosion is that the down jacket will continue to expand as it is dried, and it will also constantly rub against the inner wall of the washing machine. But when gas and heat accumulate to a certain extent, the down jacket will explode.
Gas leak + down jacket = explosion
An old man in Zhejiang, because he was cleaning in the kitchen, ended up in an explosion in his down jacket, and his clothes were also blown out of several holes.
It turned out that there was a leak of gas in the kitchen that day, and at this time the down jacket happened to produce static electricity and caused an explosion.
Winter is the season when static electricity is most likely to be generated, so you must always check whether the gas in the kitchen is leaking!