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They Use Electricity, Don’t They?

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A CRAZED MAN IN PERTH, AUSTRALIA, WAS BURNED Sunday while his clothes were splashed with gasoline and a police officer struck him with a Taser gun.  The electric charge ignited the fumes and set his clothes on fire, giving him severe burns over 20% of his body.

The police were called to a house because of a “disturbance” and found the man wandering around inside carrying a gas can and sloshing the fuel around the house.  When he said that he was going into the kitchen to get some matches, officers broke in the back door to try an apprehend the man.  He in turn started pitching gasoline at the police, dousing one of them.  At that point, an officer fired his Taser and ignited the man.

He is in stable condition with burns on his arms and upper body.

Western Australia Today has the STORY.

Posted by on February 2, 2010 • Filed under: Fire Rescue Topics, Fire-ology • Tagged: , ,

Spectacular Home Explosion on Cape Cod

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AN APPARENT GAS LEAK IN A SANDWICH, MASSACHUSETTS, home early on Thanksgiving Day led to a massive explosion and fire that burned the lone occupant and destroyed the house.

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Sandwich FD photo

The victim’s sister told reporters that her brother had been complaining about the smell of natural gas ever since a new water heater was installed on Wednesday.  The victim, Joseph Kuzava suffered 2nd-degree burns over his upper torso and was flown to a burn unit in Boston where he is on a respirator.  He is expected to live, however.

NECN has the video report:

CapeWideNews has the story and more photos HERE.

Posted by on November 26, 2009 • Filed under: explosion, Fires, Videos • Tagged: , , , ,

Indoor Shooting Gallery Fire in South Korea Kills 10

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AN INTENSE FIRE AT AN INDOOR SHOOTING RANGE BURNED 10 people to death, eight of them Japanese tourists, Saturday in Busan, South Korea, the country’s 2nd-largest city.  The other two victims were both Korean, one of them the visitors’ tour guide and the other an employee of the business.  Six more people are in the hospital with severe burns and it is expected that the death toll will rise.  DNA samples are being used to identify the bodies.

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Police and fire officers, along with National Institute of Science Investigation officials, are at the site today trying to determine what started the deadly fire.  It began around 2:25 pm in the 2nd-floor shooting range which is located in a 5-story building in the commercial district.  Busan firefighters had the fire knocked down in 40 minutes.

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Xinhua

Korea Times is reporting that:  Witnesses say an explosion was followed by sparks.
“A black column of smoke soared into the sky right after a sudden bang from the shooting range,” Yonhap News Agency quoted witness Keum Seong-hwan as saying. ‘”A group of Japanese tourists ran out of the building with fire on their bodies.”

The Busan Fire Brigade said that this gallery had been warned previously about the high use of toxic soundproofing materials on the walls.  These type of businesses are normally without windows, also.

Posted by on November 15, 2009 • Filed under: fire, Fires • Tagged: , , , , ,

Schoolgirl Burned in Science Lab Explosion

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 A 10-YR.-OLD GIRL WAS AIRLIFTED to a burn hospital in England on Wednesday afternoon following an explosion caused by a chemical mixture.  The girl was attending an after-school science lab when the event occurred, leaving her with “significant” burns to her hand, arm and face.  While the injuries are extensive, they are not considered life threatening.

The paramedics responded at 4:30 pm and treated the girl with oxygen and used a special gel on her burns while awaiting  the air ambulance.

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Swanage Middle School

The explosion took place in the Swanage Middle School in Dorset, a county in the southwest part of England.  The Dorset Fire and Rescue Dept. needed an hour to clear the classroom of any hazards.  An early report indicated that aluminum powder was involved in the accident, but it was not corroborated.

The Bournemouth Daily Echo has the STORY.
BBC News has MORE.
Dorset Fire and Rescue WEBSITE.

Posted by on November 12, 2009 • Filed under: ambulances, EMS Topics, explosion • Tagged: , , , , , , , ,

Man Severely Burned at Self-Service Gas Pump

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A MAN WHO WAS PUMPING GASOLINE INTO HIS CAR in Frederick, Maryland, this morning is in serious, if not grave, condition following a fire that started near his car.

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WJLA-TV

The accident happened around 4 am Wednesday morning when the Germantown resident pulled into the fueling area and, after visiting the inside of the store, began pumping gasoline into a portable container.  Before anybody saw what was happening, the entire car and the man were on fire.  A sheriff’s deputy was just a block away at the time and was the first on the scene.  He found the victim on fire and laying in a nearby parking area.

State Police say that he has 2nd- and 3rd-degree burns over 100% of his body following the blaze.  When the FD arrived the fire was extending to the superstructure of the pump area.  The State Fire Marshal is investigating the cause of the fire that led to $200,000 in damages to the store.

WTTG-TV Ch. 5 has a video report:

The Frederick News-Post has MORE.
WHAG-TV has another VIDEO.

Posted by on November 4, 2009 • Filed under: fire, Fires, Rescues, Videos • Tagged: , , , , ,

Caution: Your Sheep Costume Might Be Flammable

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A SCOTTISH FAST-SERVICE RAIL TRAIN CARRYING SOCCER fans from Edinburgh home to Aberdeen after a game was forced to make an emergency stop in Kirkcaldy Saturday evening.  For some reason, a large number of the fans were dressed in sheep costumes for the day’s adventure.

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The BBC News reports:

A 24-year-old football fan dressed as a sheep suffered serious burns to his arms and legs when his suit caught fire on a train in Fife.

Aberdeen fans said the man ran ablaze through the carriage as others threw beer on him to douse the flames.

The man was taken to the hospital in Kirkcaldy with burns to his arms and legs where he is in “serious but stable condition.”  The British Transport Police have arrested a 23-yr.-old man in connection with the incident and are questioning a 2nd person.

The train was forced to wait at the Kirkcaldystation for over two hours while the police conducted their investigation, creating a scheduling chaos over the entire line.

Posted by on November 2, 2009 • Filed under: Fires, health & safety • Tagged: , , , ,

“Will This Affect My Grade?”

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FIVE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE BURNED THIS MORNING (Tuesday) when they failed to follow directions in a chemistry lab experiment.  The Orlando Sentinel reports that the Seminole County, Florida, students at Hagerty High School were conducting a demonstration on rocket propulsion principles when the accident happened.

WESH-TV Ch.2 filed this video report shortly after noon:

Despite the hype, it was not an explosion.  From the Sentinel:

The students were “slightly singed,” according to Principal Sam Momary, who described the injuries as looking like a “slight sunburn.”

Momary said students were conducting a common experiment demonstrating that ignited gases in a closed container will propel the container. The experiment was keyed to the planned Ares I-X rocket launch at Cape Canaveral today, which since has been postponed.

The experiment involves putting a small amount of ethanol in a bottle lying on its side on a table and then holding a match to the opening. The gas ignites and the bottle shoots a few inches on the table.

Momary said the student who lit the gases was not injured. But five others were standing behind the opening, although they had been told to stand to the side. Gases shot out a few feet and burned them, he said.

Read the entire story from the Sentinel HERE.

Posted by on October 27, 2009 • Filed under: fire, News • Tagged: , , ,

Kitchen Ka-Boom Sets House Afire

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A BURRILLVILLE, RHODE ISLAND, MAN IS HOSPITALIZED this morning following and explosion and fire in the kitchen of his duplex home. 

Neighbors in the usually-quiet area said they heard two large “booms” and when they looked outside they saw smoke pouring from the windows of both apartments in the building.

WPRI-TV Ch. 12 reports on this video:

The video report repeats the earlier police declaration that bomb-making materials were found inside the home.  But neighbors who know the occupant are saying that he was a model rocket hobbyist and was often working with his rocket motors and models.  One person told the Providence Journal:

“A model rocket blew up in his face,” she said, citing the explanation she got from the victim as he was helped out of the house. “He said it blew up on the kitchen table.”

Laroque and other neighbors said the injured man, who they identified as Ronald Paquin, has an interest in toy rockets and is often working with them.

The victim is in Rhode Island Hospital and reportedly being treated for 2nd- and 3rd-degree burns to his arms and hands.  Witnesses also said that his face was covered with soot and he couldn’t see when he was taken away by ambulance.  The fire was contained to the downstairs kitchen and was quickly extinguished by the Nasonville FD.

Posted by on October 25, 2009 • Filed under: explosion, Fires, HazMat • Tagged: , , , ,