FURTHER POINTING OUT THAT YOU NEVER REALLY know what you’ve got until you get there, an unidentified passing motorist had his camera with him and captured the photos of this van fire yesterday.

In Northern Territory, Australia an almost-new delivery van that was carrying oxy-acetylene cylinders developed an engine fire.  The driver immediately pulled over and bailed out just before the fire spread into the passenger compartment.  As the fire spread rapidly into the cargo area, the oxy-acetylene cylinders started venting and turned the van into an inferno.

Soon afterwards the fire burned through the brake line and the van coasted back into the woods just off the road when the fire department arrived.  The police said that the road would be closed for the next 24 hours because one of the tanks hadn’t vented and they had to stay away until it cooled down and was deemed safe.

Click on the thumbnails to see the full-sized pics of this fire.

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