Re: Antipodean Boats Connection

Originally Posted by
RFNK
Yep. Got a bit more info on that this morning. Apparently the dad's not been put in coma but the son has while they do all the surgery etc. that he needs. The story currently is that if you turn a petrol engine in a boat over and over trying to start it, vapour and fuel (or perhaps just vapour) builds up in the bilge (rather than dropping out onto the road in a car). Hence the explosion. And the fireball itself only lasted a second or so before extinguishing itself, so all the human damage was done in that instant. It's frightening.
Rick
Having had a decent 2nd degree burn to one hand it is indeed.
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