If you've watched other CSB videos, you've seen trained adults vent natural gas into an office building, check for flammable gas with a torch, and countless other things that were likely far dumber than whatever the teenagers were doing.

@peterf.229

4 жыл бұрын

not really. albeit pumping natural gas into a building and calling it venting was pretty stupid, smoking near oil vapors is not exactly a smart thing to do .. also there was probably other flammable substances in the vapors besides the oil , read natural gas...

@Stewalebeth

2 жыл бұрын

The teenagers didn’t do anything stupid. They did stuff that teenagers do. They were not informed. It was an adults responsibility to notify others of the dangers of these tanks and surrounding areas.

@Mike_Jones281

Жыл бұрын

@@Stewalebeth That's an equivocation. If you are not informed, you are stupid, or ignorant. Besides, these teenagers were underage and smoking (i.e., breaking the law). That is stupid. Sad, but stupid.

@sp34277

Жыл бұрын

the teenagers likely tried smoking some pot on or around the tanker.

@sp34277

Жыл бұрын

i literally made this comment before i even got to 6 minutes in

This video was made solely to prevent this from ever happening again to another person. Anyone that has children should watch this and discuss the dangers with them.

@peterf.229

4 жыл бұрын

my parents didnt have to tell me not to smoke around oil tanks, or gas stations , or other places where you can get blown up.

@5roundsrapid263

4 жыл бұрын

Ben Fry This incident was in Mississippi. It might have happened in Kentucky, also.

@mikeischangingplaces

3 жыл бұрын

@mike sixx People in the town didn't know they were actively used, some people thought they were water tanks. Here's common sense: teenagers don't have any, significant dangers should be marked as such, and preferably some effort should be made to separate the public from them, e.g. a fence or a sign. Dad even said his son wasn't the sharpest, but what kind of company managed chemical storage like this? That's what's really retarded, that place looked like it was abandoned before the explosion

@hodwooker5584

2 жыл бұрын

I live in Kansas. I this area there are a lot of oil wells that are privately owned. Most of these wells were drilled by oil companies under a lease agreement with the land owners and the leases have long since expired. That leaves individuals in charge of something that they may not fully understand. It’s not just the oil companies that cause this kind of problem.

@rprzen2099

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikeischangingplaces one thing about oil production is that it is like a gold rush. There are responsible companies, then there are irresponsible individuals that think they are oil companies that have 0 business in the energy sector. From the looks of the location it was an independent producer. They generally break all the rules because they know that the ABC agencies focus on the big fish more for the dough. So they slip under the radar. However there is also this thing called common sense too that obviously was not in abundance.

I'm so proud of the Byrd and White families for trying to turn this tragedy into an educational tool for others. Love you guys so much.

I remember seeing sites like that all over northeast Oklahoma. Never any fences or signage. It's hard to even track down who owns them.

@peterf.229

4 жыл бұрын

heres a pretty safe assumption, you dont own them and its not your property so does it fucking really matter?

@Majorite

Жыл бұрын

​@@peterf.229💀

"cmon guys, lets go down to the old oil tanks and light up some smokes!"

@b.g.bbeezo100

5 жыл бұрын

Lol u ain't right 🤣🤣🤣

@dlaxciebie

5 жыл бұрын

darvin awards :)

@whocares397

5 жыл бұрын

ya sure what could possible go wrong with fire and oil ^_-

@honeybabybyrd2875

4 жыл бұрын

That's not what happened. Maybe you should think before you speak about something you have no idea about.

@DugrozReports

4 жыл бұрын

Can't believe one of the kids essentially admitted to doing that!!!

It is amazing how something able to cause so much damage and destruction could be just left out there in the open like that. Above ground unsecured landmines just waiting for some uninformed person to accidentally set it off are dotted around the country. How many? Still? I need to do some research now, that looks like a place my friends and I would have hung out at when we were younger. It does seem to be the logic that it looks like an an industrial site so be careful but it isn't fenced in or signed so it can't be that dangerous because the situation was given to the public to evaluate instead of telling the public what the dangers is. That could have been my friends and I when we were younger. For no reason, it should have been common sense to build that fence at the least.

@CS-uc2oh

Жыл бұрын

If you don't own the land the danger sits on, why are you there?

@Bkings7

Жыл бұрын

@@CS-uc2oh cause kids are goofy? It's almost like their brains aren't fully developed

@WouldntULikeToKnow.

10 ай бұрын

​​@@CS-uc2ohn a lot of places young people don't have a place to gather. Playgrounds are for really young kids many malls no longer exist, schools don't want people there after hours, so where do you go in small towns?

@WouldntULikeToKnow.

10 ай бұрын

​@@CS-uc2ohbesides, those things look abandoned.

Hell I grew up around sites like this rode dirt bikes around the area. Climbed up the ladders. All that shit. But I had a little more sense than to light a cigarette or build a fire around it.

@jerrybear3081

4 жыл бұрын

watching these USCSB videos i learned that many unintentional fires start from static spark... though they could have been smoking.

@Btvstudio

4 жыл бұрын

@@jerrybear3081 they said they go there to smoke.

@stap1er

4 жыл бұрын

@@Btvstudio "the ignition source for the explosion was never found" anything else is pointless speculation

@zhangjao6328

3 жыл бұрын

@@Btvstudio I don't know about oil but cigarettes won't ignite gasoline. There are videos of people tossing lit ones into tubs of gas and nothing happens.

@Btvstudio

3 жыл бұрын

@@stap1er you're definitely right.

DANGER NO SMOKING signs are clearly marked on the oil fields here in michigan.. Plus "no trespassing" because they do get vandalised...

Hard to believe there were no signs and even no fencing around it. Its a shame that two young boys lost their lives before the dangers were made known.

Odd that in every other CSB video they clearly state what action or inaction someone did to put the whole chain of events into play...except here. They just say they hung out there and BOOM. Like the tank was laying in wait for them. I understand the CSB probably wanted to be sensitive to the families of minors but if they were smoking, making a bonfire, etc it should be said. Large petro/oil tanks can be dangerous, but so can driving especially for teens. However, we dont tell teens "just don't drive kids". We tell them specific ways to be safer. Don't speed, text, drink WHILE driving.

@tankstergangestar5986

8 жыл бұрын

Well you see the pipe lines and tanks can only with stand a certain temperature and then the oil turns into gas and so it then is an combustible gas and can be ignighted easily so one they would either smell it or fell the air and how thick it is so he should have figured not to lite a cigarette near this field

@TheVeteransdaughter

7 жыл бұрын

Mike D They couldn't name a specific cause because they weren't absolutely sure what caused it. I can tell you, as someone who lives in close proximity to where this took place, (150 yards) that the night of the accident there had been a thunderstorm and through my own investigating I've figured out the only other explanation was that lightning struck the tank.

@jfbeam

6 жыл бұрын

Except you can't smell it. What you smell with a commercial gas leak (that rotten egg smell) is added to the gas so there's something you _can_ smell. The message here is 100% correct... don't play in an oil field. This isn't the same as teaching someone to drive. Or dance with a cobra. There's no reason, or _need_ , to be there.

@mr.anderson9938

6 жыл бұрын

Doesn’t seem like the people at this school or the parents are big on science or education.

@UBG_Marine

6 жыл бұрын

a flame arrester on the vent could have prevented the tank from exploding and no smoking and no trespassing signs could be enough to shift the liability to the teens.

I've never thought of going to hang out but theres one of these sites near my place too. 15 year old me certainly wouldn't have suspected danger, big old rusty tank surrounded by weeds and no signs I would have figured it was abandoned and empty.

This is so sad! This same thing also happened in East Texas many years ago! A couple of teens climbed on the top of the tank, and sat down on the edge, and lit a couple of smokes! It was very bad! Please young ones do not hang around thease places!

I think one problem that can occur is that the owners of such sites are sometimes bought out or go out of business, meaning the silos are essentially abandoned in that no-one owns them any more. That begs the question... who is responsible for securing them or dismantling them in that case?

@anthonyz7023

Жыл бұрын

Interesting and Underrated comment!! I sure would like the answer to that question. Unfortunately those poor children suffered there lives

@hollandsemum1

Жыл бұрын

I'm wondering why they also aren't mandated to completely empty such a tank completely. Requiring comple dismantling them completely before leaving would help (with a subsection that residual content be completely and safely removed & properly disposed of.

I'm still not clear on exactly what happened. Did they climb up to the hatch of the tank and light their cigarettes THERE? That's not said outright, but it seems to be implied.

@honeybabybyrd2875

7 жыл бұрын

NO!!!!!!!! They did NOT light any cigarettes or anything else. The tank was not vented properly and was leaking fumes and with a storm that morning lightening most likely struck the tank causing the explosion. The investigators even said the kids having cell phones in their pockets could have set it off because it was not taken care of very well and was not properly ventilated to keep it from exploding.

@sobolanul96

5 жыл бұрын

It coud have been even as simple as throwing rocks at the tank.

@johnnysunday402

5 жыл бұрын

Static spark-discharge. Requires little to no kinetic force and requires only a shift in polarity between object A, object B.

@raymiecovington383

5 жыл бұрын

Even wind builds static electricity. And we all know kids smoke. I feel bad on this one.

@whatevernamegoeshere3644

5 жыл бұрын

@@honeybabybyrd2875 "The investigators even said the kids having cell phones in their pockets could have set it off" That is a myth. And what chances do you give to a lightning striking it when they went there regularly to smoke?

I'm from Mississippi and love watching USCSB videos... I wondered today "surely there hasn't been any incidents in MS that would warrant a USCSB video" and unfortunately this showed up when I searched... I was in 9th grade when this happened and don't remember hearing about it but finding this out is sad for the families.

I have to admit I was on them when i was young too. I always got off when others came up there because they smoked and I knew they wouldn't think twice about lighting up. I did see a guy slip on one, it was wet and painted and very slippery he landed right on the edge and about fell off. It was about 18ft or more down to rocks and metal pipes, he could've been killed too.

The stark lack of details of the actual explosion lead me to believe there was record-breaking stupidity involved in this blast. I can remember this stupidity from when I was in high school-any time some dumbass started to do something that might get me killed, I would split.

@impulse2

5 жыл бұрын

hahaha yes so true, they were smoking weed... must be...

A very important video. There are teens & children killed & injured all the time at these facilities.

I'm sorry for these families tragic loss. I hope these oil companies will fence in their storage tanks and put up warning signs. Such a small expense that could save other lives.

I was a Land Surveyor back around this time that worked only for inland oil companies and we did a lot of surveys in this area and my understanding of what happened from what the oil field workers said was that the kids were hanging out at the site and were at the top of one of the tanks smoking and again from what I was told the kids opened the lid and struck their lighter to see if the tank had anything in it then boom now this is what I was told from many of the oil field workers that work these fields here so dont take it as 100% truth but my guess is something along these lines was very plausible

@tenshi7angel

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a Darwin Award.

@peterf.229

4 жыл бұрын

@@tenshi7angel basically yes haha

@ryanbrade128

3 жыл бұрын

I was at a pipeline safety meeting a few yrs ago and they talked about a incident similar to this, it was around Fort Worth, a couple kids scaled the fence at a Chesapeake site if I remember correctly, one kid stayed on the ground and survived with burns but the other kid was on the catwalk and dropped a lit piece of paper down the t hatch and was killed instantly when the tank blew that’s according to testimony of the survivor

@koriko88

2 жыл бұрын

It's probably hard to say after the fact. A lit cigarette could have been the cause but it could have just as easily been static electricity. In any case, the message is sound - don't go into these places and you won't have this problem.

@ChrisWunsch

6 ай бұрын

Who cares? Kids are curious by nature. I know I was. Why leave hazards around unprotected and un-signed for them to discover the hard way? There is no easy way to know what an unmarked tank may or may not contain. Even a cheap flashlight that has a loose connection could cause this kind of incident, no smoking required. Kids will smoke. Kids will find places that look or are "cool" to do it. And more accidents will happen. These are easy to prevent with just a bit of additional effort. If this was your kid would you care what caused the explosion or would you be fighting to protect more kids from dying?

Do they really need to slap a sign onto petroleum tanks that says "don't throw matches in here"?

@NiceMuslimLady

5 жыл бұрын

YES!

@gravedigr12

5 жыл бұрын

Or even just a sign letting you know there is petrolum in there to a young teen they may be misten thinking its a grain silo or something with no signs and yes before i get a lecture im aware the dust in grain silos is also flammble most aren't though.

@whocares397

5 жыл бұрын

humans are dumb so not like it will matter lol

@festivalflightcrew2895

5 жыл бұрын

Hell no. Thin out the herd.

@peterf.229

4 жыл бұрын

nope.let Darwin sort it out.

I'm not convinced signs and fences would have made a difference. Teenagers think they are invincible. 1:07 "sometimes we would just build a fire or hang out." Not just smoking, lets get a nice bonfire going next to the crude oil tank. Has anyone ever told these kids where gasoline comes from?

@honeybabybyrd2875

7 жыл бұрын

actually they were NOT smoking or building fires anywhere near this site. The tank has been there for over 20+ years without incident. Many, many adults that had grown up in the area said that they had even sat on them and shot guns from the top and build campfires next to them while sleeping along side of it because NO ONE had ever been warned that this could happen. If the equipment is properly taken care of THIS CANNOT HAPPEN. That is the problem. With Mississippi not requiring ANY regulations it leaves the innocent public open for danger and they are everywhere in peoples back yards. It LOOKED not only like a water tank, it was in such poor shape everyone in the neighborhood believed it wasn't in operation. My son was one of the victims and he had NEVER been around anything like this and wouldn't have known what it was or that it could explode randomly. Neither would I had I been there with him. Our on senator stated he grew up in the area and hunted around his entire life without reserve. The companies OWN workers weld on these tanks WHILE they are dangerous and could explode at any moment and the companies do nothing to train them the proper way to do the job without fear of injury. They simply do not care about anyone or anything except making money.

@RainJetSprinklers

7 жыл бұрын

This is true, no fence, concertina wire, berm, security guard ever prevented us from trekking into the oil fields as a teen. If anything it made us want to go back there and see what was in there even more.

@Disinterested1

5 жыл бұрын

@@RainJetSprinklers if we are truly honest most of us did similar .....teenagers.... so sad a loss though

@Paleoman

5 жыл бұрын

honeybabybird my condolences for your loss. this was a tragedy that never should have happened. sites like these should be fenced and posted. there was a similar accident at a site like this where workers doing hot work were killed when the welding torch ignited vapors in the pipe they were welding. That oil service industry is to blame for ignoring sites that need such attention.

@someperson7

5 жыл бұрын

It would stop some but not all. But some would be saved.

Why wouldn't they be drained and demolished? Better than fences and signs that kids would ignore anyway.

@StCreed

5 жыл бұрын

But... that would cost money! And how would the company execs be able to afford that Porsche otherwise?

I can understand a couple teens not knowing that the tank had contents and that some sings saying "Dont be dumb, this still can explode" but as a teen i know of at least 3 friend who would become darwin award nominees by this method, even with sings

every time I watch this I cry. I went to school with both of these sweet boys. they were both so sweet and kind and always helped other out. I miss them terribly.

@peterf.229

4 жыл бұрын

@mike sixx I couldnt help but laughing. like seriously who is dumb enough to do that?

I think every one of us who made it to adulthood can remember many times when we hung out at places that we now know are dangerous. But in this case I didn't know that there could be abandoned unsecured oil tanks still with oil in them! How hard would it have been for the owner of the property to drain the oil and have some venting at the top to prevent the collection of vapor??

The thing that stands out to me is the kids statement that "we would get a pack of cigarettes and go hang out there". There are several of those tanks near my house and you can smell the vapor from quite a distance so the question to me is Why does someone have to tell these kids theres danger there and especially DONT SMOKE AROUND THEM?

@power2084

3 жыл бұрын

Darwin awards.

@mjallen1308

3 жыл бұрын

Kids are stupid.

this touches me because my teacher in 6 th grade was devons aunt and she showed this to me i remeber trying not to cry

@honeybabybyrd2875

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you McKenzie. She and Devon were very, very close. It almost broke her when Devon died.

@dammitttman8

4 жыл бұрын

God bless you, McKenzie, and all family members of the boys. I see your post was seven years ago, how are you doing? College now? My daughter is a 7th grade English teacher, another reason your story touched me,, her students are like her kids.

Jeeze, I grew up around the oilfield, knew about h2s and vapors before I was 12. Xlimed on many pad site tanks and it never even crossed my mind ro ligany kind of fire on a site. Blowouts are Hella impressive.

I work in this industry, we are required to have constant air monitoring. You never know what oxygen deficient, or explosive atmosphere you’re walking into.

Heck, even if I was one of them I could easily see myself lighting the cigar too. Even with prior knowledge of the place that it's oilfield. Especially when hangin' out with friends you can just forget something. Humans are susceptible to distraction.

We had a few kids die. in water tanks where I live. They jumped inside to cool off and then realized they couldn't climb back out. No one was there to hear them screaming.

"... go and do whatever down there." Wow. XD

@christopherdeathe5505

3 жыл бұрын

Or whoever

@samuraioj

3 жыл бұрын

Can we not sexualize children?

@Robert-xp4ii

3 жыл бұрын

Despite that last comment, we all know wtf goes on in places like that. No need pretending they're saints.

@slightlyamusedblackkidfrom9153

3 жыл бұрын

@@Robert-xp4ii true.

@mattlogue1300

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah she wasn't too shy

I'm surprised the tops of the tanks can take a spark so easily. Definitely need to be behind a fenced gate

Barriers, warning signs and fences only stop law abiding citizens from entering dangerous places. Bored kids with too much time on their hands and often who aren't thinking past the level of thrill of their adrenaline don't read signs and are inclined to climb over fences to get into these places.

anytime I go anywhere near one of those tanks I have an H2S or a quad gas monitor

Wow man, that party was a blast.

@tenshi7angel

6 жыл бұрын

Blown away!

@miscellaneousstuff6346

5 жыл бұрын

Truly mind blowing

@earlofwickshire5416

5 жыл бұрын

It is never a good idea to play inside an oil tank explosion or inside any other explosion for that matter

@BlackDalhia7

4 жыл бұрын

ZING

@NGH87

2 жыл бұрын

I can’t breath after reading this

I know this was quite a long time ago but I wanted to say I'm praying for the familes that lost their kids. What a tragic thing to happen 😞

This is heartbreaking.

What ever happened to personal responsibility?

@peterf.229

4 жыл бұрын

the GOP way in Texas appears to be to sweep in under the rug is it any wonder why Texas leads the country in another thing that is preventable? traffic deaths

@MrShucklers1

4 жыл бұрын

@@peterf.229 yeah never mind that there is more drilling activity in Texas than most other states. That has nothing to do with it at all. You are a fucking moron, not everything needs to be political fucktard.

Wow instantly I almost cried . Powerful opening

Who the heck hangs out at any sort of industrial tanks? Even if there were no explosions, there would surely be contaminants in the area that will get you sick immediately or over time.

Crazy that these sites are allowed, that would never happen in the UK there is always high fences and barbed wire around the top to keep people out and so many signs everywhere.

Sometimes in the Coast Guard, we Reservists from Sector NY would document and photograph land-based chemical storage/transfer sites in NJ that had less security than KMart. A phone call to the NJ DEP would usually result in a fence and evil-looking sign; the local Police Dept was also kept in the loop. Now surveillance cameras are cheap . TX has a lean government and it has its downsides.

Good video. I'm sure this helped those kids with their grieving, but idk how much it will help change things. Too bad there wasn't a gun involved, then the media would be all over it.

@peterf.229

4 жыл бұрын

@@tripplefives1402 til the kid said they used to smoke there my first thought was they shot at it with guns

@lisbethmobile I am very sorry to hear of you losing your son. I know the pains and long nights you have been through. This danger was NOT one that I was aware of or anyone in the community. My concern that day was to know he was off of the road. I mistakenly thought he was safe at that point. He hunted all of the time and apparently his friend, Wade that was also killed, hunted at this spot all of the time. Please inform everyone you know of this danger. Thank you for your positive comments.

H2S leaking from a open thief hatch or even them being on top of the walkway smoking next to a old oil tank with who know what amount of oil and H2S in it or even being on a phone or having static electricity on em could've made it blown up, but still what where they doing at location with a rusty looking oil tank in the first place? Signs or No SIgns its kinda logical to say that Old Oil Storage tanks at an old location that's not used anymore are bad and no one should be there without proper safety equipment on

Wow that site looked harmless enough to me, no signs, no fence, there's even I nice little stair way so you can go to the top, obviously no danger here. I hope someone got sewed over this.

@Syclone0044

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, the kids parents could get sued for trespassing and criminal damage to property

Very odd they say no one try's to keep folks out. Where I grew up 40 plus years ago we had several sites next to our pasture. The gates to the site were always locked and the crews that would come do well service work would tell us kids to always stay out of there and not play. So I see this as probably company work force reduction and lack of training. We still have some of the sits on our property and I have noticed they do not lock their gates but the main gates to the pasture will be locked. This being said there are no signs and I am sure if you were in an area where people had more of a chance to stop, this could be a bigger issue. Making sure the well service company's kept the gate locked would be one step but making sure the well service company's let the communities know this is not a place to hang out would also be good. This cost money and not many company's like to spend money but it could probably keep maybe just one more person child or adult from making this mistake.

Mississippi is a country-mile behind California when it comes to securing tank farms and other well sites. Here I know for certain there must be a fence 6 feet high surrounding any well site and I'm almost certain that also applies to tank farms.

@markgigiel2722

6 жыл бұрын

Mississippi. Enough said. Also, Louisiana and Texas. These people live years behind the rest of the country and are taken advantage of.

@peterf.229

4 жыл бұрын

@@markgigiel2722 haha exactly. dont forget Alabama

There is really only one problem here... criminal trespassing. This video sickens me because in the end, if this culture had any respect for the property and belongings of others, this never would have happened. It's also sad that teenagers don't know that any industrial site is dangerous even if it's abandoned but that's the state of American education. But if those teenagers would not have tried to hang out on property that didn't belong to them or their family, they'd still be here today. I'm sick of people placing the blame on others because they failed to learn or teach basic core values, respect and responsibility. Stay off of other people's property!!!

@OutlawH2

8 ай бұрын

That is just it though. A lot of times these sites are on private land and just leased to the companies. And in the case of an abandoned site technically the land its on is still owned by the land owner in the end.

@RainJetSprinklers Yes, it's up to the states. The production tanks I've seen here in Calif. are fenced off.

@Eric-zi1oz

7 жыл бұрын

Not in Michigan. You can walk right up to them. They are 100% not protected...

@obfuscated3090

6 жыл бұрын

Remember that when retards blame CA for over-regulation. They'd rather bury children.

@paulmvn5431

5 жыл бұрын

I thought fences were racist...

@SkigBiggler

4 жыл бұрын

@@obfuscated3090 some of their decisions are overbearing, like whichever regulation resulted in basically everything being labelled as carcinogenic.

Hey, let me light this lighter to see what's down in this tank here..... click....boom... Sounds like what happened to me.

@NiceMuslimLady

5 жыл бұрын

Even people who WORK at theses sites do that!!! There was another accident at a similar oil site where the crew working "checked" a tank for gas by inserting a lit torch into the tank to see if it would blow up! WTF??? What killed them? Another tank had oil in it and when the oil started heating up there was an uncapped vent pointed right at the location where they were using a torch...and HC vapours came out of this vent pipe and...BOOM!!!!!!

@ReverendTed

4 жыл бұрын

Check out CSB's "Death in the Oilfield" video - it shows workers checking to see if an oilfield production tank is empty by pointing a lit oxyacetylene torch into it. (Spoiler: That WASN'T the thing that killed them.)

My heart aches of hurt and sadness for the 2 young men that are in heaven. And the same for there loved ones and there friends. I see this video is 13 yrs old and I pray that the family's are still alive and managing the pain of there lost loved one's. I pray all the young men and young ladies in this video went on to prosper and are healthy and happy. 4.19.2023

As a kid I wouldn't have known this site was oil related unless there was a sign stating so. But I doubt this is a big enough problem to really be concerned about.

Still, it’s a worrying thought knowing that there might be thousands of forgotten half full fuel tanks all over the place, waiting to remind us of their existence by blowing people the fuck up...

a similar thing happened in Springtown TX, sad.

the property owner should have a duty warn trespassers of unusual dangers that may be present by posting signage ect. as anyone could stray onto the land when there is no fencing.

@peterf.229

4 жыл бұрын

nope , the property owner has no duty to warn others t onot be idiots on their property. If parents taught their kids that private property that doesnt belong to them can be dangerous and not to go there..

@5roundsrapid263

4 жыл бұрын

I think his father is the property owner. It’s almost in his backyard.

I think the title of the video should be "The danger of smoking at oil sites"

@power2084

3 жыл бұрын

Darwin awards.

@1978garfield

Жыл бұрын

Alternate title Trespassing Kills!

They got blown away. 😳

Strange...a tank farm somewhere in the woods. Who runs enterprises like this one? Looks like an oilfield in Kazakhstan...

@flamingtoaster8707

6 жыл бұрын

An even better question is why tf were kids over there?

@rickydspears

6 жыл бұрын

If you have never lived in the south or been in oil fields. They put them in city's usually.

@shuriKen469

5 жыл бұрын

wowawoowah! that was quite a boom. U S and A, greatest country in the world!!

@adventuresofwillandshelby6013

5 жыл бұрын

They’re all over the place here in the Permian...

That sheriff subscribes to the Swanson Pyramid of Manliness- Three types of haircuts:1) high and tight, 2) Crew cut, 3) Buzz cut.

When did we need to know that the stuff that explodes in our cars can be hazardous? Its not like its obscure, its in your face, "this shit isn't friendly".

Who would have thought Oil tanks and smoking doesn't mix need a sign for that.

This happened south of Ft. Worth about two decades ago. Kids partying and drinking.....went up the stairway to the tank battery catwalk. Someone lit/ignited/flashlight (they never did find out) near the tank latch door on top. We know what happened. P.S. I often wondered if the families of the surviving dead sued the oil company. We live in such a "I'm going to sue you" society. On what grounds?? Oh....a first year lawyer would come up with something. Say, lack of warning sings, lack of security.

@tommypetraglia4688

6 жыл бұрын

Stress Belden It's called failure to secure an attractive nuisance

@peterf.229

4 жыл бұрын

@mike sixx and it was appealed and they lost BTW so the criminal ended up in prison and paying legal fees to the home owner. so really it happened one time and it was over turned on appeal.

so what happened, wheres the animation and the 5 steps to prevent and osha stuff

How about the parents tell the kids to stay away from old tanks. They were probably smoking down there, but the cause was never determined, right..... What was wrong with hanging out at a park or someone's back yard? They just want to blame the companies for not putting up signs? Please.

@peterf.229

4 жыл бұрын

they dont mention it in the video but they kinda did. I mean what other things than smoking causes vapors to explode? static electricity , and shooting it with guns. BTW I saw the myth busters and you can blow up a gas tank by shooting it , Id figure anything that can cause a spark, shooting metal does cause sparks could be a possibility. however they seemed to suggest it was from smoking in the video without actually saying it. Im guessing due to legal action or something else.

@blindsniper35

3 жыл бұрын

@@peterf.229 Your car gas tank is way too rich to explode. You would need to shoot a hole in it to get oxygen in the tank.(if I remember correctly that's what the mythbusters eventually figured out) when you put holes through things they generally don't explode. (If the holes are proportionately big enough) now one of these oil tanks made out of reasonably thick steel with atmospheric venting. You'd have a much better chance causing that to explode by shooting it especially if you steal core rounds. (Please don't shoot things that don't belong to you.)

@1978garfield

Жыл бұрын

The companies have the deepest pockets so they are the target. Sad really.

People smoke cigarettes in their cars, what's the difference in this case? It's obvious to you, but for some teenager, they might see a site like this and just assume that it's safe. They don't know the meaning of the word volatile, or fuel-air mixture. They just see a big, sealed tank with liquid in it, how the hell is my cigarette going to light it? The reason for this video is explicitly stated in the description, and it is to make sure kids know that these tanks are dangerous. Some of these comments about personal responsibility are just completely missing the point. It's like once someone is dumb or makes a bad decision they just deserved to die or something. The message of this video is not "this could have happened to anyone". Dad even says his son wasn't the sharpest, and multiple people in the video alluded to the really poor decision making on the part of those kids. The point is, make dangers clear. Tell your kids. If you know someone who does something dumb like this, tell them. And if there's a significant, life-threatening danger in the area, put up a fence and a sign. It's that simple. It's the law in other states, it's common sense to not smoke on a chemical storage tank, but it's also common sense not to put a large concentration of flammable chemicals within easy, unmarked access to the public. This video wouldn't exist if it were the law to put up a sign that says there are highly explosive chemicals in the area and combustible vapors, absolutely no smoking, no trespassing. The CSB makes these videos to stop people from dying

Still no fence or signs? Even after that accident.

Maybe the schools could do a lesson on not trespassing and respecting private property? Then another lesson on the flammability of hydrocarbons. Where was the computer animation of the explosion? I can't be the only one that watches these for the cgi explosions. They are like Micheal Bay movies except they have a plot.

@honeybabybyrd2875

7 жыл бұрын

Did you SEE the video? It was within just a FEW yards of the eldest boys home. He had hunted in those woods for over 14 years before this happened. It was NOT properly ventilated which would have PREVENTED this from happening. The oil company felt it was too expensive to do it properly and also too expensive to but up any kind of signs or fences warning them. This was literally in their backyard. The boys did NOTHING but walk by and it exploded.

@1978garfield

7 жыл бұрын

Odd that the CSB did not mention this lack of proper ventilation. Yes I did SEE the video. 2:00 "When we hang out at an oil site ...we get a pack of cigarettes"

@miscellaneousstuff6346

5 жыл бұрын

1978garfield we don't have these sites in the uk, although near me is an abandoned cold war era underground fuel pipeline and storage depot, that had railway sidings

@austinsmith7257

5 жыл бұрын

public land

@peterf.229

4 жыл бұрын

@@honeybabybyrd2875 LMAO theory #3 you are lying in all three.

So, is there still no signage??

Mississippi was 51st in education and had a graduation rate of under 72%, in 2010; Those rates have not improved much in the past ten years.

@WurstPeterl

2 жыл бұрын

At least they weren’t 52nd!

There are a number of issues involved in this incident. Most of these tanks are located on land leased from the property owner by the developer who owns the mineral lease - thus the responsibility for fencing them in should be addressed at the time the lease to actual place a facility on site should be addressed. So that issue goes back to the state laws. In many other states such facilities are well fenced in with locked gates to stop people stealing the oil. Why fences weren't put in place around these places there is beyond me, but maybe the lease laws may shed some light on it. However, I can't understand how these kids could NOT know how dangerous oil tanks were. Back in the 1960s there were news reports of oil tanks fires in places in the USA and elsewhere that demonstrated how huge a fire hazard they were. This was reinforced with the historical accounts of the early days of the oil industry in the USA, such films as 'Hellfighters' and the events of the invasion of Kuwait. Almost every decade of the last fifty to sixty years have had news reports of the dangerous explosions and fires on oil rigs and oil storage facilities. You'd have to be deaf and blind NOT to learn how dangerous and volatile anything to do with oil is. I'm sorry the kids died, but they should've known better as all of the information was frequently there before them if they ever took notice of, or thought about, enything beyond their arm's length.

@FayeVert

2 жыл бұрын

"Back in the 60s" "The invasion of Kuwait" Well, these kids were likely born well after the invasion of Kuwait, or at least weren't of the age to be cognitively aware of it if they were alive. You reference a movie these kids (and most people under 40) have probably never even heard of, much less seen. "Thinking of anything beyond their arms length" - have you MET a teenager?

Parents shoudn't have to bury their kids

@peterf.229

4 жыл бұрын

you can say that but the parents of dumb kids often bury them so..

Kids will figure out how to get in.

I’m sure they knew where they were at.

The best thing to teach a young mind is to respect private property! It doesn’t take a genius to understand that if the property isn’t yours you have no business being there!!

If you own a pool, you have to have a fence around it.

dont smoke weed in top of gas/oil tanks, accident: stupid people blame others

Everyone in this video seems like they're below average intelligence

This isn't the only video involving deaths near oil tanks there's also a video titled death in the oilfield in Raleigh Mississippi

the dad looks like an analog horror jumpscare

Someone may have lit a Bic lighter up by the vent to see what's in the tank. Or they could've been sitting on top with a cigarette. I spent many many weekend nights drinking and smoking weed out in the woods on those old oil sites. We never knew they were dangerous to be around. All we knew was you could get killed trying to ride a pump jack like a bull. We never thought the tanks would hurt us

Really not surprised with the lack of education in the states that this happened.

What, this is a bad idea? Well, damn. There goes my weekend idea.

@peterf.229

4 жыл бұрын

you can get a better result if you shoot at it with guns :P

Tragic. Godspeed, boys. 🇺🇸

This would be more effective if the video was based on the British ones we watched in school, like Apaches or The Finishing Line.

@lee2217

4 жыл бұрын

Jimmy!

Teach your kids to respect property. Should a known they had no business there.

In a deep country accent, "Listen, the reason there are no regulations regarding keeping children from being blown to bits is because WE DON'T NEED NO LIBERAL regulations telling us how to run our business. I mean a fence costs a thousand dollars and ain't no child's life worth that when those funds need to be in the pockets of management. That's why the companies have no problem spending millions lobbying the law makers of each state and the federal government.....so they don't have to needlessly spend a thousand dollars on a LIBERAL LOVING fence. Plus...if someone gets blowed up...it's survial of the fittest..right!"

devon and wade where hanging out not sure if they where smoking or not but the tank exploded they were friends of mine fly high byrd man fly high wade white

Do you think if it was marked as a dangerous site they wouldn't have entered and started smoking cigarettes?

@peterf.229

4 жыл бұрын

hell if it is listed as dangerous as a kid i woudl have been more likely to go in and fuck with things lol

Also. Should always tear open tanks so a LOT of ventilation occurs.

What would stop you? Ya know not trespassing on private land would’ve kept these boys safe.

@Utubin

Жыл бұрын

True. The tanks should have been disarmed by the oil company group. Never ever should 1 drop of oil have been left behind. I'm not much on lawsuits. But this case is a class action case. 4.19.2023

Better than warning signs and fences that kids can easily defeat, drain and clean out tanks before leaving them

@peterf.229

4 жыл бұрын

what makes you think they were abandoned? you know what it was for right?

A pack or two packs of cigrettes near a oil storage and smoking is deadly.u peoples r well educated. My condolences.

Guessing the tanks had "No Smoking" signs on them?

I would like to have seen more details on the hazards of these facilities, even if it meant less detail about the personal lives of the people affected by the tragedy. I know of a camping resort that has a set up exactly like the one depicted in this video, located just a few yards from where we pitch our tents. It is not secured, and I have climbed all over those tanks. My main safety concern at the time was the potential release of hydrogen sulfide. I've heard a lot of concern about the potentially-lethal threat from hydrogen sulfide, and the fact that I could smell sulfur at the campsite caused me concern. Explosion hazard was not high on my list. In a few months, the campsite will host its annual 5k marathon, and hundreds of runners will pass near (50 to 100 yards) these tanks. It would be nice to know what kind of hazard they present to us!

@wb6wsn

5 жыл бұрын

Just Google it. Hydrogen sulfide is flammable and explosive (depending on concentration in air), and when burned in air, creates sulfur dioxide and water vapor. Why must you play amateur chemist when all you really need to know is that such storage tanks are not safe to be around or to commandeer as jungle gym's, shooting platforms or observation towers.

Why aren't oil companies ought to secure and clean up those sites?

Why would they just leave crude oil out like that? No body at the refinery or the company that did the pumping/drilling thought they should harvest what's left in that tank to round out there numbers for the month?

@Chad-Giga.

11 ай бұрын

This was a small scale oil operation and probably fifty bucks of crude in that tank

@Chad-Giga.

11 ай бұрын

It may have even been empty as it's the fumes that are explosive, not the oil, if this was filled with oil it wouldnh have happened

those kids really tried to follow the script, but they just arent actors.