If You Shoot a Car's Gas Tank Will it Explode?

Yes, but it would be very hard to do it. A spark is needed to make the tank explode. A bullet won't produce a spark unless it hits something like metal, or a rock. Also explosions, and fire need oxygen to ignite, and there is very little oxygen in a fuel tank. Fuel tanks of cars are made of plastic now, and it is hard to find a car that has a metal fuel tank. Thus it won't trigger an explosion. -John Baskin

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