Car Rigged with Illegal Natural Gas Tank Explodes While Refueling at Gas Station

Surveillance footage from Brazil captured the moment half of his car disappeared in a split second. Allegedly, the Volkswagen was fitting with an illegal propane gas tank that was not compatible with the natural gas tank that the car was running on.

The gas tank on a volkswagen sedan exploded in a bizarre incident caught on camera in northeastern brazil on wednesday (March 18,2022), with officials confirming that an illegally installed fuel cylinder was responsible for the explosion.

The owner of the vehicle stopped to refuel the car with natural gas at a station in fortaleza, serra, on wednesday when an explosion tore the car apart.

The gas station camera showed the driver standing in front of the car while the attendant waited nearby for the fueling to complete.

Brazil’s National Union of Vehicle Inspection Companies told G1 that the car's gas tank explosion was caused by a “sequence of errors,' among them being that the gas cylinder was illegally installed by the driver

moments later, the gas tank exploded and the rear of the car was destroyed.

The car owner can be seen running away from the explosion, while the station worker turned off the gas and avoided further devastation.

According to Brazilian news outlet G1, the gas cylinder landed about 200 feet from the gas station, damaged a wall and also struck a car in the area.

Officials said the gas station worker and the vehicle owner were not injured when the car’s gas tank exploded.

“The (owner) installed an irregular cylinder (gas tank), did not carry out the mandatory safety inspection,” agency director Marco Neves said. “And the gas station did not require the presentation of the inspection seal issued by one of the technical institutions accredited by INMETRO (National Institute of Metrology, Standardization, and Industrial Quality).”

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[dufus]

Kudos to the attendant..not running away but going back to turn off the gas..true hero

[lorenzodiaz]

To say that that car was totaled is an understatement 🤔

[Gattobuono]

Just think how much money the owner saved by installing the gas tank himself!

[tomfuelery]

Attendant: "That'll be $36.50."

[CPcamaro]

Dudes are crazy lucky that there wasn't an ignition source of some kind in the close vicinity.

[georgegravette]

Dude on the left: "Man, I'm glad they gave me this apron to wear."

[sussus]

poor guy must have lost his hearing in the left ear

[craffte]

Look at Our Man punching that emergency button right away. 👍

[goodnightmr]

Thank you for writing the description! Helps to figure what exactly went down!

[crusiethmaximuss]

I bet that sounded like a 10ga shotgun going off at point blank near the ear. And that fuel attendant immediately shut the pump down and assessed the situation. That's alpha.

[mrfunatparties]

Good thing no passengers were in the back.

[drewh]

Thank God the worker(attendant) didn't hurt. He was very calm, it seen like it happened all the times and he used to it!

[kennethalbert]

Best video ever !
Video, slo-mo, stills of resulting scene.
Well done Sir

[Bassotronics]

It’s amazing the dude did not fly off with such an explosion that left the vehicle in that condition! 😮

[LKGo]

I felt that explosion through my phone.

[iamgabrielf]

The attendant was like... "happens all the time."

[rizato]

Gonna have to run OBDII scan to figure out what repairs it needs

[notdonaldst]

I guess I’ll be rethinking my plans for this weekend’s fun project.

[recklessrex]

Man if it blew just a couple seconds earlier that dude on the bike woulda been a goner

[CTrunde]

As bad as that was, at least it didn’t also ignite. Daaaamn! 😳😱