vapor

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At one point, the tank began bulging, and “it got to a point where it does what we call a BLEVE, which is a ‘boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion,’” Covey said Friday afternoon.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

The emergency started Thursday, when the fire department responded to a vapor leak from a 34,000-gallon tank at a Garden Grove, Calif., plant belonging to GKN Aerospace, a British maker of jet parts.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

"If it does explode and there is a vapor, you are all safe as long as you are out of the zone that was determined to be an evacuation zone," she said.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

Methyl methacrylate can easily evaporate and linger near the ground as a dangerous vapor, according to the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

I nearly suffocated in my vapor bath while trying to strengthen my lungs prior to deployment.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys