best way to blow up a winnebago?

I’m writing a mystery novel in which a retired couple get incinerated inside their RV, but I don’t know how you’d go about igniting one. Trouble is, most RVs (like the Winnebago Vectra in my book) are diesel powered, so you can’t just stick a rag in the gas tank and light it. So, what’s the best way to blow one of these suckers sky high, short of blasting it with an RPG?

TIA!

Well, I’ve seen some of them with rather largish propane tanks mounted on them, if that gives you any ideas…

A lot of RVs carry a tank of propane or another liquified petroleum gas, which could be ignited ignited if the tank was pierced or if there was a leak.

See also: the first X-Men movie.

You could also have an explosive buildup of methane due to an excess of metamucil and beans, or perhaps their meth lab explodes (a common method of destruction for mobile homes and RVs here in Iowa, home of the Winnebago).

The LPG tank would work if the RV were to fill up with the gas and then got sparked. I have seen a tank get tossed into a fire and then shot with a rifle. It was not that dramatic - kind of a let down.

Pour gasoline into one of the hatches then ignite after letting the fumes build.

It IS difficult to blow up a winnebago…I always burn my lips on the exhaust pipe.

Duh, you have to close the windows first.

I’d go with the propane idea - used to happen now and again on lake Windermere with boats - over-night leak, someone lights the stove for brekkie, KaBOOM!,boat burns to waterline and sinks, don’t remember anyone getting killed tho- they seemed to get blown clear (and getting blown clear is always a good trick)

don’t let facts get in the way of a good story !

This guy comes here for the first time, asks how to commit a crime with his first post[ and you mugs tell him? :smack:

Well, he’s obviously not a terrorist or anything.

Yeah, obviously. :rolleyes:

Since this is an event in a work of fiction, you can just make the RV gasoline powered.

If this is not about a work of fiction, then any answer would assist in breaking several laws.

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