Posted By Daniel R Riley I am looking for some confirmation on the storage of acetylene, propane and oxygen. When reading BCGA “Guidance for the Storage of Gas Cylinders in the Workplace”, it states that Flammables should be stored either 3m away or have a 2m fire wall from LPG and other liquefied flammables. I assume propane is LPG and therefore needs to be stored 3m away from acetylene? Additionally it states that oxygen does not need to be stored away from Flammables such as acetylene but does need to be stored 3m away from LPG and other liquefied flammables. My impression was that oxygen should always be stored away from all flammable gases. Can anyone please confirm that I am reading the guidance correctly or that I am misinterpreting it? Thank you in advance for any information.

Posted By Crim It's interesting to see the different views, I don't fully know the rules but here's my two pennyworth: Propane is an LPG, Butane is an LPG, They are different LPG's with different chemical characteristics. Oxygen, if leaking would intensify a fire therefore I would always store oxygen away from flammable gases. Isn't propane a flammable gas?