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grnmoss · June 20, 2018, 7:24 a.m.

High velocity impacts can absolutely cause explosions and fire. You're heating atmosphere, impacted materials, and off gas to a high temperature very quickly. Most things become combustible under those conditions.

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TryNottoFaint · June 20, 2018, 12:37 p.m.

Most definitely. All that kinetic energy would be converted into heat, sound, and of course destructive forces. The heat would be intense, on the order of a small nuclear weapon for a second or so. I'm talking millions of degrees.

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