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The particular gas tank that exploded had a capacity of 660,000 barrels, [4] [5] and was 108 feet (33 m) tall [4] with a diameter of 272 feet (83 m). [6] The tank was owned by Texas Eastern Transmission Pipeline (TETCo) and had supposedly been drained in April 1972.
The average fuel tank capacity for cars is 50–60 L (12–16 US gal). [3] The most common materials for fuel tanks are metal or plastic. Metal (steel or aluminium) fuel tanks are usually built by welding stamped sheetmetal parts together. Plastic fuel tanks usually built using blow molding, which allows more complex shapes to be used.
On 14 December 2021, a fuel tank truck exploded in the Samari neighborhood of Cap-Haïtien, [172] the capital city of the Haitian department of Nord. At least 90 people were killed and more than 120 were injured; many people were injured as a result of rushing towards the tanker, likely to collect some of its cargo, before the explosion occurred.
When the tank is empty and the least current is flowing, the needle points to "E" indicating an empty tank; some vehicles use the indicators "1" (for full) and "0" (for empty) or "R" (for reserve) instead. [4] The digital fuel gauge in a 2018 Mazda 3 showing a nearly-empty tank along with a distance to empty display.
At the beginning of the Second World War the British Army was equipped with two simple fuel containers: the 2-imperial-gallon (9.1 L; 2.4 US gal) container made of pressed steel, and the 4-imperial-gallon (18 L; 4.8 US gal) container made from tin plate. The 2-gallon containers were relatively strong, but were expensive to produce.
Fuel tanks of a capacity greater than 25 US gallons must adhere to specifications for spillage, leakage, mounting, impact survivability, weld requirements, venting and a host of other stipulations. The regulations require side-mounted fuel tanks to survive a 30-foot drop test, while non-side-mounted fuel tanks must survive a 10-foot drop test.