Today at a Pilot.....'somewhere'

I quoted you, so I addressed it to you.

I have been to several fire trainings concerning this and actually seen it done. I personally do not trust seeing anyone with a cigarette at the pump, but I also have seen it not blow up.

 

I also said it can be done, so no disagreement there. I do not trust "the chance" of cigarettes & gas, either. I fail to see where we differ.
"Google it" was non-specific. Google what?
In fact, I did "google it" before even posting to verify my specifics (flash point, etc).

 

Google cigarettes and gasoline fire.

I just shake my head. But then I shake it when I watch a fire department try to put out a gas fire with water too.

 

Using that logic , no gas motor has never "spark knocked" . This is when the air/ gas mixture explodes before the spark plug fires. Just the heat of the metal fires the mix. 98% of the time before the piston has reached top dead center. So the one piston is trying to push the crank back wards. Just one example of gas sparking with out a open spark. In what is now a sealed container. Yes I saw the myth busters show on it too. But this is one example most everyone here has " saw" first hand. And like road medic pointed out , the experts are dumping water one a gas fire. Not putting water on a " grease " fire is why almost all of us carry an ABC rated fire ex.

 

So, she deserves to get fired, if she is smoking on the gas pump. Which are always clearly marked NO SMOKING

 

i think some of you have to much time on your hands, yall seem to worry about everything in the world.

 

Once saw a guy doing some work on his carburetor at the I25 rest area south of Santa Fe with a lit cigarette in his mouth . Didn't stick around to see any explosions.

 

Cigarettes don't burn hot enough to ignite American gasoline.

Period.

This is not opinion. This is a matter of fact, of science, and is provable by both math and empirical evidence.

That said, it's still not a real bright idea, as inhaling gasoline vapors along with the nasty nasty disgusting smoke is supremely unhealthful.