Ban Food Trucks?

[DolfanBob]

Uh huh! Looks like one of them there terrorist acts. 

[dbacksfan 2.0]

Food trucks are dangerous


http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/07/01/12-people-injured-after-food-truck-explodes-in-philadelphia/

Saw that on the news early Wednesday. That looks like a catastrophic failure of one of the tanks with the propane cloud before the explosion. There was a story on NBC Nightly news about this and info that you are more likely to get injured from a backyard gas grill.

http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/12-hurt-5-critical-philadelphia-food-truck-explosion-n146681

Further proof that charcoal or wood is the better idea for home use.

[AquaMan]

Or natural gas. Its flavored with mercaptan so at least you can smell if its leaking. Does Propane have any smell?

[rebound]

Or natural gas. Its flavored with mercaptan so at least you can smell if its leaking. Does Propane have any smell?

Yes, it has a very distinctive smell.  I grew up on a farm refilling our tractor with propane, and we also ran propane in our pickup back in the late '70's.   I refilled those tanks countless times, and it made me nervous every time.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Or natural gas. Its flavored with mercaptan so at least you can smell if its leaking. Does Propane have any smell?

About as offensive as natural gas....uses ethyl mercaptan plus others.  Doesn't seem as 'strong' as natural gas, but just as disgusting.