An occasional series of reports that confirm the belief that we will always need fire, rescue and EMS departments.
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A ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI, MAN WAS SERIOUSLY BURNED Monday while he was working on his gasoline-powered lawnmower ….. in his bedroom. Unaware that it’s the vapors and not the liquid that burn, the man poured out all the gasoline before taking the mower inside where it’s warmer to work on it. That was bad decision #1.
Bad decision #2 came when he paused to light up a cigarette. The ka-boom left him with burns on his face and hands, and started a fire that burned down the entire house.
KQTV images
KQTV has the story and video report HERE.
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IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, A 57-YR.-OLD MAN is in the hospital this morning with 2nd- and 3rd-degree burns over 1/3 of his body after blowing up his garage Tuesday night. He was spray-painting some wood in the unattached structure and keeping the interior of the small garage warm with a wood stove. The fire department says that the fumes from the spray paint were ignited by the open fire and caused the blast.
When the FD arrived on the scene, the man had already gotten himself out of the building and extinguished himself with the stop-drop-and-roll technique. The garage was fully involved and collapsed shortly after the first unit arrived.
WOOD-TV Ch. 8 Grand Rapids has this video report:
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LATE LAST MONTH PORTLAND, OREGON, FIREFIGHTERS responded to a kitchen fire that was mostly extinguished by the homeowner with a fire extinguisher. They found that the occupant had put some aerosol paint cans in the oven to “warm them up” before using them. KPTV tells us what happened:
One of the paint cans ruptured, shot out of the partially opened oven and through the ceiling. It finally stopped in an attic crawl space. Firefighters found the projectile paint can and put out the smoldering debris it left behind. Investigators say another paint can explosion caused the kitchen fire.
KPTV story HERE.
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NOT TO BE IGNORED IS THIS home video produced by a pair of members of the “look at me” generation who chose to perform an experiment involving hair spray and a lighter in a cluttered garage.
Hat tip to the Gnome Handler for this entry.
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