Campuran asetilena dan oksigen, jika ia menyala dan menyebabkan silinder gas standard meletup, mengakibatkan kematian tertentu dalam radius sepuluh meter. Selain daripada risiko terkena serpihan silinder, the immediate negative pressure and the blast wave from the explosion are powerful enough to be deadly.
I personally consider a distance of up to 20 meters from the explosion to be fatal. This scenario is exceedingly perilous.