http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/15494006.html

 

A man who tried to light a cigarette using a propane torch set off an explosion that started a fire in his detached garage Sunday. He is hospitalized in critical condition with third-degree burns.

 

Neighbors told Channel 6 News they heard an explosion prior to the fire breaking out just before 5 p.m. at North 33rd Street and Curtis Avenue, west of Miller Park.

 

“I thought my house was going to get on fire and I got my grandkids with me and I was crying, I was scared,” says neighbor Maria Duarte.

 

It was the sounds of the fire residents can't forget. “I heard a boom and I thought someone was coming up through my house, through my basement,” says neighbor Al Siebert.

 

As medics loaded Tim Green into an ambulance, he told neighbors he tried to light his cigarette with a propane torch. "He said that thing just exploded right on his face and he had third-degree burns because he had blisters on his face already, but he was like in shock because he didn't even feel the pain.”

 

Shock neighbors and friends like Maria Duarte say they understand after what they saw. “It hurts, it hurts, he's gonna have his face deformed real bad. He has blisters, his hair is all gone.”

 

Firefighters worked quickly to extinguish the fire, but something inside the garage fought back. “When the resident came out of the house and he was burned, he did tell the firefighters that there were two bottles of propane inside the garage,” says Omaha Fire Assistant Chief Joe Gibilisco.

 

The propane caused secondary explosions that only made matters worse.

 

The fire department said Sunday night that because of Green's condition they have been unable to interview him at the Nebraska Medical Center.

 

Neighbors say their thoughts are with with their friend. “It hurts my heart," says Duarte. "I wish I would have been there to help him, but I can't, I didn't even know it happened."

 

I'm aware you can't really win a darwin award unless you die, but this guy should get an honorable mention.

No personal responsibility

I was drunk once and tried to light a cigarette off the stove...singed my Eddie Munster pretty good...especially since I had long hair at the time. Didn't look right until I cut it. Yikes.

I was drunk once and tried to light a cigarette off the stove...singed my Eddie Munster pretty good...especially since I had long hair at the time. Didn't look right until I cut it. Yikes.

 

I think every smoker in the world has used the stove at least once. The key is to hold the cigarette to the burners, and then stick it in your mouth and puff. Don't put your face down there.

smokers = honorable mentions for the darwin awards.

 

 

but so do:

 

fast food visitors

kids who stare at you when they're in the drive thru at the bank because they want a lollipop.

people who don't use direct deposit

smokers = honorable mentions for the darwin awards.

but so do:

 

fast food visitors

kids who stare at you when they're in the drive thru at the bank because they want a lollipop.

people who don't use direct deposit

 

 

You forgot one:

 

People who judge other people.

You forgot one:

 

People who judge other people.

 

 

and

 

people who judge other people for judging other people.... oh gosh, it'll never end! gmafb.

 

 

Let me guess, you're a people should do whatever they want with no regard of other people and probably really into the idea of Universal health care.

 

 

smoking cause insane amounts of health problems and to boot it makes you smell like a dirty sock that's been lit on fire. Eating fast food makes you big and fat if not on the outside on the inside and causes insane amounts of health problems. So when it comes down to paying for Universal health care...guess where the burden is? not on the sickies, that's for sure.

 

so please, don't give me crap for looking down on people for not taking care of themselves. I'm pissed at myself for not doing more, but that's why I'm trying and working out and watching what I eat.

 

More people need to be judged not less. If parents JUDGED their kids actions more, we wouldn't have problems like this.

 

"Judge" doesn't mean not caring btw. "Judge" means recognizing bad behavior and not allowing it to go on.

 

 

 

and not using direct deposit is just stupid. more work for you, more work for me.

and

 

people who judge other people for judging other people.... oh gosh, it'll never end! gmafb.

Let me guess, you're a people should do whatever they want with no regard of other people and probably really into the idea of Universal health care.

smoking cause insane amounts of health problems and to boot it makes you smell like a dirty sock that's been lit on fire. Eating fast food makes you big and fat if not on the outside on the inside and causes insane amounts of health problems. So when it comes down to paying for Universal health care...guess where the burden is? not on the sickies, that's for sure.

 

so please, don't give me crap for looking down on people for not taking care of themselves. I'm pissed at myself for not doing more, but that's why I'm trying and working out and watching what I eat.

 

More people need to be judged not less. If parents JUDGED their kids actions more, we wouldn't have problems like this.

 

"Judge" doesn't mean not caring btw. "Judge" means recognizing bad behavior and not allowing it to go on.

and not using direct deposit is just stupid. more work for you, more work for me.

 

Well, actually, I am more of a libertarian. But, I put that in green because I was joking. I WAS a smoker, but I quit. I used to eat fast food, but not so much anymore. I used to have direct deposit, but I freelance now. Hey, you can have your opinions, but, you know something, so can I.

Well, actually, I am more of a libertarian. But, I put that in green because I was joking. I WAS a smoker, but I quit. I used to eat fast food, but not so much anymore. I used to have direct deposit, but I freelance now. Hey, you can have your opinions, but, you know something, so can I.

 

 

cool, I totally agree.

 

 

but I feel judged, somehow

cool, I totally agree.

but I feel judged, somehow

 

damn...the silent judgement!

damn...the silent judgement!

 

 

 

I kept it friendly, mostly. I'm fine. I'm fine.

 

 

if someone would set up the dang SBLC forum, I'd just hang out there.

I kept it friendly, mostly. I'm fine. I'm fine.

if someone would set up the dang SBLC forum, I'd just hang out there.

 

I WANT MY LOLLIPOP DAMMIT!

 

 

 

more or less

I was drunk once and tried to light a cigarette off the stove...singed my Eddie Munster pretty good...especially since I had long hair at the time. Didn't look right until I cut it. Yikes.

 

I do that all the time. The key isn't to have the cigarette in your mouth when you do it. Singe the tip, rip it up to your face as fast as you can and suck in. Works like a charm.

 

EDIT: You have to singe the entire tip. Like you do a cigar. I mean, you have to... Ah, f*** it. Why am I giving advice for something that's stupid to do?

Edited February 15, 200818 yr by BobDylan

I do that all the time. The key isn't to have the cigarette in your mouth when you do it. Singe the tip, rip it up to your face as fast as you can and suck in. Works like a charm.

 

EDIT: You have to singe the entire tip. Like you do a cigar. I mean, you have to... Ah, f*** it. Why am I giving advice for something that's stupid to do?

 

Cuz you can impress chicks

 

Well, that is, if they dont mind a guy that smokes.

I do that all the time. The key isn't to have the cigarette in your mouth when you do it. Singe the tip, rip it up to your face as fast as you can and suck in. Works like a charm.

 

EDIT: You have to singe the entire tip. Like you do a cigar. I mean, you have to... Ah, f*** it. Why am I giving advice for something that's stupid to do?

 

Oh yeah, I realize that now...I think you missed the fact that I was drunk. On Capt. Morgan. Yikes.

 

Oh yeah, I realize that now...I think you missed the fact that I was drunk. On Capt. Morgan. Yikes.

 

YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE BOARDDDDDDDD YESSSSS

Speaking of idiots and lighters!!

 

awesome.

So, I took today off to make this 3-day weekend a 4-day weekend. I'm currently having some beer and blasting my new itower.

So, I took today off to make this 3-day weekend a 4-day weekend. I'm currently having some beer and blasting my new itower.

 

just make sure after a few of those beers you dont try and light a cigarette with a stove, because youll likely burn yourself