Ok serious answer here. It is most likely a CO2 extinguisher because those are high pressure cylinders. I don't think a dry chemical has enough pressure to take off much less fly like that. Also I don't see the mess a dry chemical extinguisher would make. He dropped it on the valve and it sheared off. I find this to be very plausible. YouTube is full of videos of this happening with welding cylinders. A CO2 extinguisher is essentially a small welding cylinder. It is lucky that no one was hurt.
It was a one in a million shot where it was dropped on the right location where the vale was pointing down at the correct angle to cause it to be launched into the sky.
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u/DBDIY4U Mar 22 '25
Ok serious answer here. It is most likely a CO2 extinguisher because those are high pressure cylinders. I don't think a dry chemical has enough pressure to take off much less fly like that. Also I don't see the mess a dry chemical extinguisher would make. He dropped it on the valve and it sheared off. I find this to be very plausible. YouTube is full of videos of this happening with welding cylinders. A CO2 extinguisher is essentially a small welding cylinder. It is lucky that no one was hurt.