medic_diver45
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Gary, your story just reminded me of something. I went on a call with the fire department one time that came in as "explosion of undetermined origin; one patient with burns"- one of those that makes you stop dead in your tracks when you here the call....around here around first thought is "METH LAB". We got there and found a hole in the roof and a smoking hulk (that we learned used to be the water heater) laying in the yard. The patient was the homeowner and he had gotten 2nd degree burns to his hands, and 1st degree burns on his head, front of his neck and forearms. Did I mention he was missing the front part of his hair and most of his eyebrows? Apparently from what he and his wife told us what had happened was he had a gas water heater that wouldn't stay lit. They had called a serviceman out to look at it and he told that the thing was FUBAR and needed to be replaced. Well, in good ol' bullheaded American fashion the man attempted to fix it himself. Things were going along well until he attempt to reignite the pilot light- using a long match (what are known as fireplace or BBQ matches around here). Well the pilot light lit and so did all the gas that had escaped while he was trying to light the match. The water heater blew sky high ("It looked and sounded like a moon rocket," were the patient's exact words.) He was lucky to escape with just the burns and a bruised ego....he even got a new water heater out of the deal 
