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A Bad Case of Gas!

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  • 04-06-2005 6:37am
    #1
    AMurphy
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    53-year-old claims he was severely burned in methane blast
    The Associated Press
    Updated: 5:37 p.m. ET June 3, 2005
    MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - 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.
    John Jenkins, 53, and his wife, Ramona Jenkins, 35, of Brave, Pa., filed the suit Tuesday in county circuit court seeking $10 million in damages from Chisler Inc. and Eastern Associated Coal Corp.
    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.
    “When I struck the lighter, the whole thing just detonated — the whole top blew off,” said Jenkins, a methane power plant operator with North West Fuels Development Inc. “I can’t tell you if it blew me out the door or if I jumped out.”


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    #2
    qz
    Registered Users Posts: 8,753 ✭✭✭qz


    Motors?


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    #3
    bmoferrall
    Registered Users Posts: 498 ✭✭bmoferrall


    qz wrote:
    Motors?
    Petrol=Gas in U.S. :)
    (Works for me anyway)


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