Kusakaniza kwa acetylene ndi okosijeni, ngati ikuyaka ndikupangitsa kuti silinda wamba wa gasi ukuphulika, kumabweretsa kufa kwina mkati mwa utali wa mita khumi. Kupatula chiopsezo chogundidwa ndi shrapnel ya silinda, 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.