Question

Oxygen tanks can explode if the gas is ignited. Why is this?

Answer 1

Oxygen tanks can explode if they contain flammable material, and in the presence of pressurized pure oxygen there is not much that can't become flammable. For example, in the cryogenic oxygen tanks on Apollo 13, the wiring and insulation inside the tank was able to burn once ignited by a short circuit.

Answer 2

because oxygen is an explosive gas as it blast on ignited . as well as it is flamable