I live near that area. Gallatin (just northeast of Nashville) had a garage catch fire and "stuff" inside of it blew up. They don't know what caused the fire, and they don't quite know what stuff blew up yet. The fire chief basically said it was "normal household stuff that would explode when exposed to a fire." Who knows if it was propane tanks, fuel cans, etc. Still investigating.
But Gallatin also had a house under construction blow up from a natural gas leak last year, so now they've basically started an annual trend of a home blowing up once a year or so.
Where my parents live there was a family who went on Vacation and had a fire at their house and it blew up their propane tank. The explosion was so severe the school across the road literally had some of its windows shattered and the front doors that were facing towards the house were smashed open from the air pressure. The house was basically deleted/levelled.
People 20 miles away heard the explosion.
It was later found out it was arson for insurance fraud but that's besides the point.
Back when I was a firefighter one of the first things you always check is for a propane tank and a shutoff valve. Then the power company gets called to disconnect electricity depending on where the fire is and how involved the fire is.
You learn a lot about the utility services feeding the house or you put yourself in a lot of danger by not knowing the difference between high voltage and communication wires. Not knowing there’s a huge propane tank feeding gas into the home. That kind of stuff. A lot of things can explode once fire is involved.
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u/-FoofooCuddlyPoops- 1d ago
I live near that area. Gallatin (just northeast of Nashville) had a garage catch fire and "stuff" inside of it blew up. They don't know what caused the fire, and they don't quite know what stuff blew up yet. The fire chief basically said it was "normal household stuff that would explode when exposed to a fire." Who knows if it was propane tanks, fuel cans, etc. Still investigating.
But Gallatin also had a house under construction blow up from a natural gas leak last year, so now they've basically started an annual trend of a home blowing up once a year or so.