Kaboom!
1999 Honorable Mention
Confirmed True by
(14 July 1999, Arkansas) A mobile home in Little Rock was destroyed when a resident used a cigarette lighter to peer inside a gasoline can. Joseph was attempting to determine whether there was water in the gas can, when he discovered that it contained a flammable liquid. The gas fumes caught
fire, and he slung the can onto the floor, spattering gas which ignited and set the residence ablaze. Joseph suffered minor burns on his hand. Donna, the homeowner, and her son initially escaped the blaze, but Donna was severely burned when she went back inside to rescue a dog that did not survive.
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