Has anyone heard more about the October Hillsborough/Seffner house explosion?

[CQB45ACP]

Recall we had a prior thread on this that was closed as we wandered aimlessly off course?

The explosion happened on October 7th, was reportedly caused by reloading, but I can’t find anything but the original news reports.

Maybe some of you Floridians know something new?

 

[MWC1974]

Would be curious as well, for lessons learned purposes. I recently saw a post in another forum where someone was setting up their reloading room that was carpeted and he was worries about losing primers in the carpet if he dropped them. It got me thinking more along the lines of increased opportunities for static electricity….

if someone knows the final outcome of the fire department’s investigative findings as to how the accident occurred, I would like to know.

 

[Thomasss]

ATF is now investigating. The home owner said he was reloading small arms ammunition at the
time of the explosion. He stored 6 lbs. of gunpowder at the time. The house is a total loss. I have friends in the area and will check with them.

 

[AJC1]

6 pounds of powder is nothing really and well within every established saftey limit I have ever encountered. There may be some limit in his city or hoa that applies but I'm not at all worried he will face any charges of any kind at 6 pounds. Now if he was smoking while loading his insurance company may have some bad news for him but that's not criminal.

 

[BreechFace]

How does one have an explosion with smokeless powders? Unless they are being stored in a confined/sealed container to develop a pressure spike.

 

[higgite]

Has it been established that he was loading smokeless, not black powder?

 

[BreechFace]

Has it been established that he was loading smokeless, not black powder?

There isn't much information, I made an assumption in my previous post and I shouldn't have.

That's about the only way that I could see this happening unless he was storing the smokeless in a confined container strong enough to build pressure.

 

[CQB45ACP]

Yeah lots of possibilities but I’d just like to get the facts cause I just don’t believe initial reports about much of anything.

 

[BigBlue 94]

There isn't much information, I made an assumption in my previous post and I shouldn't have.

That's about the only way that I could see this happening unless he was storing the smokeless in a confined container strong enough to build pressure.

In which case, how did a sealed pressure-bearing container ignite?

I had 30+lbs of smokeless in a building that caught fire. Only explosion was the acetylene tank 12 feet away...

I know nothing of the story in question, but my first instinct is that he wasnt loading ammo for a handheld firearm.

 

[Rule3]

There is no new info, there are no facts.

All speculation

Nothing released to the MSM

 

[Walkalong]

Not really on topic, and especially without details.