battery explosion kills 4 soldiers- how & why?

Parm · 2nd December 2009, 15:58

just saw on NDTV, four soldiers were killed in Jalandhar Cant, Punjab, when a vehicle's battery exploded!

RIP to the soldiers.

now the technical question> what made the explosion so powerfull and made the battery explode?

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greenhorn · 2nd December 2009, 17:13

H2Incidents: Portable Battery Power Supply Explosion
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2nd December 2009, 15:58	#1
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