Smoker Ignites Portable Toilet Explosion

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Smoker Ignites Portable Toilet Explosion
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Jul 15, 7:25 AM (ET)

BLACKSVILLE, W.Va. (AP) - 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.link (http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040715/D83R6J8O0.html)

[grinner]

Dumbass

[scrape_medic]

Burntass!

[AgentSun]

aww, another darwin award missed out. but did he at least wipe first, before getting into his car?

[LT Garrix]

Serves him right. I have little sympathy for a smoker injured smoking.

[Scarran Raptor]

I guess he thought he was real hot shit

[who45]

Some people just amaze me.

[Emeraldcity]

:rollin: :rollin: :rollin: :rollin: :rollin:

That is just crying funny........what......an.....idiot!.

[BrowderChick]

:g2f: :lol

[Digger]

I saw something on Discovery (I think) about urban myths a couple of weeks ago. One of them was very similar to this story. They said that the explosion was the equivalent of something like a half a stick of dynamite (in the story they were debunking, not the story grinner posted). To disprove the story they placed a crash test dummy on a toilet and set off a half stick of dynamite that was in the bowl. There was very little left of the dummy.

[LT Garrix]

Mythbusters is a hilarious show. They take all those great urban legends and try to debunk them. Check it out if you haven't seen it. I keep forgetting it's on, but catch it when I can.