Fire in the Hole!

[Lyle]

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia (AP) -- A man who says he was severely burned when a portable toilet exploded after he sat down and lit a cigarette is suing a general contractor and a coal company, accusing them of negligence.

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[wdlove]

Ouch It would seem that he will be successful with the lawsuit. The pipe leaking methane is what caused the explosion.

 

[yellow]

That gives new meaning to the phrase, "I dropped a bomb in there."

 

[dejo]

What can I say? Smoking is bad for your health.

 

[emw]

$10 Million will buy a lot of Marlboros...

 

[Lyle]

$10 Million will buy a lot of Marlboros...

I hope it will buy a lot of comfortable chairs for him to sit in, too. And maybe some Preparation H.

 

[Mr. Anderson]

The lawsuit claims Jenkins' face, neck, arms, torso and legs were severely burned last July after the cigarette ignited methane gas leaking from a pipe underneath the toilet unit.

He's lucky nothing else got burnt or blown off....

D

 

[CorvusCamenarum]

Who remembers this from grade school?

We three kings, of Orient are
trying to smoke a giant cigar
it was loaded
it exploded
it blew us to kingdom come...

 

[MongoTheGeek]

Why do all of these people come from pennsylvania....

 

[KingSleaze]

I seem to recall the MythBusters having difficulty in making a port-a-potty do just this.

Unaromatized methane?

Would still need to be a pretty strong leak to be able to happen.

 

[treysmay]

me too

I seem to recall the MythBusters having difficulty in making a port-a-potty do just this.

Unaromatized methane?

Would still need to be a pretty strong leak to be able to happen.

I saw that on MythBusters too and it seems this story is untrue

 

[MongoTheGeek]

I saw that on MythBusters too and it seems this story is untrue

MythBusters had a few problems setting the fire.
The problem they had was getting explosion.

This case though there was a natural gas leak which I don't think they tried.

 

[mactastic]

IIRC, natural gas is heavier than air which would allow it to collect in the pit of the toilet which could cause an explosion.