Whether it is nitrogen for cleaning weapons and night vision devices, oxygen and acetylene for welding ... that my company alone had more than 50 empty cylinders wasting away in rusty, makeshift ...

The revised standard requires that in-plant transfer, handling, storage, and use of acetylene cylinders comply with Compressed Gas Association Pamphlet G-1-2003, titled Acetylene. The revised ...

Police and firefighters suspect a buried cylinder containing highly flammable acetylene gas was damaged, and that leaked gas was ignited. The site is said to have been a parking lot. Workers were ...

The van, which was carrying acetylene cylinders, caught fire on Forest Road, Cumbernauld, just before 12:00. Firefighters were told the van was carrying oxy-acetylene - chemicals highly volatile ...

A new robot-based service has been launched to help fight fires and support other major incidents, in particular those where acetylene gas cylinders which can become highly unstable are involved.