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gas explosion

explosion resulting from mixing a flammable gas with air in the presence of an ignition source
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gas explosion

Summary

gas explosion ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (175 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • gas explosion is a type of explosion[2].
  • gas explosion is a type of combustion[3].
  • gas explosion is a type of conflagration[4].
  • gas explosion's Commons category is recorded as Gas explosions[5].
  • gas explosion's has cause is recorded as gas leak[6].
  • gas explosion's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gas explosions[7].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include explosion[2], combustion[3], and conflagration[4].

Why It Matters

gas explosion ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (175 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · CCLIM · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → explosion, combustion, conflagration
    Topic's main category → Category:Gas explosions
    Subclass of → —
    Has cause → gas leak
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2959]]: [[Q139819184]]"
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