[Bob]

I’m wondering if there’s some technical distinction between an explosion and a fast fire that has an effect on insurance coverage.

[Moonman62]

I’m wondering if there’s some technical distinction between an explosion and a fast fire that has an effect on insurance coverage.

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I think there definitely was an explosion.

But Musk’s statement was in response to somebody asking if a crew could have survived using the Dragon escape system. The way I take it is that a fire preceded the explosion which would have given time for the escape rockets to fire and the crew module to escape.

[Eccl 10:2]

We have our winner!!!

[TXnMA]

"I’m wondering if there’s some technical distinction between an explosion and a fast fire that has an effect on insurance coverage."

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There certainly is.

Look up the definitions of

1. "deflagration" (firearm propellant)

   and

2. "detonation" (C4 explosion)

[BradyLS]

I wonder also. Why explain it that way?