Smoker ignites explosion in portable toilet
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Associated Press
Jul. 14, 2004 02:06 PM
BLACKSVILLE, W.Va. - Warning: smoking in the toilet can be dangerous.
A portable toilet exploded 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 Tuesday 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.
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