Volkswagen Literally Torn Apart By Exploding Natural Gas Cylinder

Amazingly, there were no injuries in the shocking blast.

This Volkswagen blew up at a gas station in Brazil.

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Christopher Smith

By: Christopher Smith

Mar 25, 2022 at 6:44pm ET

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When you watch this video of a Volkswagen exploding, it will be hard to believe nobody was injured as a result. Every explosion is violent – that's sort of the point – but this one seems especially so. Perhaps it's because there's no fireball with this particular incident. And yes, there wasn't a single injury despite two people standing right next to the car.

The incident occurred on March 16 in the outskirts of Fortaleza, in the northeast region of Brazil. According to a report from Metrópoles, the vehicle in question was at a gas station when a natural gas cylinder inside the car catastrophically exploded, and we mean cat-a-strophic. Security camera footage (embedded at the top of this post) captured the incident, showing two men standing in front of a third-generation Volkswagen Voyage sedan with the hood open. One moment everything was fine, and the next, the back of the car was just gone.

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It appears the VW had an illegal compressed natural gas conversion. The Daily Mail reports the car was being refueled with natural gas when it exploded. A stream of fuel is clearly visible at the rear of the car after the explosion, which disappears when a person shuts the pump off. The report says the vehicle owner installed a CNG system with an irregular tank and didn't have a mandatory safety inspection. The station could also be in trouble, as workers apparently didn't check for proper seals or certificates verifying the conversion.

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In the meantime, an investigation is underway because the tank – or what's left of it – was nowhere to be found. It reportedly landed 200 feet away, damaging a wall and another car when it fell back to earth. However, when the fire department went to get it a few hours later, someone apparently made off with it.

As for the poor Volkswagen, it appears this Voyage's voyage is well and truly over.

Sources: Metropoles, TVM 10 / YouTube, The Daily Mail

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