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Champ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-14-04 03:25 PM
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Smoker Ignites Portable Toilet Explosion
BLACKSVILLE, W.Va. - Warning: smoking in the toilet can be dangerous.

A portable toilet exploded Tuesday after a man who was inside it lit a cigarette.


Emergency workers said the man was not severely injured and drove himself to Clay-Battelle Community Health Center. He was later transferred to Ruby Memorial Hospital. His name and condition were not available Wednesday.


The explosion, which occurred in Blacksville, resulted from a buildup of methane gas inside the portable toilet. The methane did not "take too kindly" to the lit cigarette, said a spokeswoman for Monongalia Emergency Medical Services.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=816&ncid=816&e=2&u=/ap/20040714/ap_on_fe_st/exploding_toilet
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Nay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-14-04 04:13 PM
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1. This happens fairly regularly. Can someone explain to me why
smokers have to light up literally everywhere??? It is truly pathetic. If only they could see themselves as others see them!
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Endangered Specie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-14-04 04:17 PM
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2. For crying out loud, smoke OUTSIDE!
Your in their to #1 or #2, not SMOKE!
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