Wendy says, "Added to the Archive."

Before Starting, the Skagit Valley Herald website is http://www.skagitvalleyherald.com. On to the story.

The two geniuses in this story tried their "barrel ride" at Funk Racing, a shop which builds and services race cars in Washington state, and from the CBSNEWS.com article can be found in a town named Sedro-Woolley. The "barrel ride" in question involved these two geniuses putting 4 gallons of methanol into a 55-gallon barrel, sitting on top of it, and lighting it. The fire chief cited in the article is quoted as saying that the barrel was apparently supposed to slide across the parking lot. Unfortunately for these geniuses it blew up instead. The explosion caused one end of the barrel to fly 120 feet, and the geniuses "were responsive" when paramedics arrived, were taken to a local hospital and then were flown to a medical center in Seattle with severe burns.

Submitted on 07/19/2010

Submitted by: anonymous
Reference: cbsnews.com via Skagit Valley Herald 7/19/10

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Bruce said:
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4 gallons of methanol in a 55 gallon barrel? Have they never heard of explosive vapors before? Apparently not! Thanks for sending this in. FYI, here's the full link to the article: http://www.goskagit.com/home/article/2_men_hurt_in_explosion/

Candi said:
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Oh. my. goodness.

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