Two hurt in travel-trailer explosion on Kenai Peninsula
Published Saturday, August 2, 2008
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Stumble It!ANCHORAGE --Two Kenai residents are being treated for injuries sustained when their travel trailer exploded on the Seward Highway.
Alaska State Troopers say Frank and Corey O'Brien had been camping Friday morning in their 22-foot trailer near mile 69 of the highway.
Troopers say a propane leak is suspected in the explosion, which was triggered when the O'Briens tried to light a burner on their propane stove.
According to troopers, the walls and roof of the trailer were blown off in the blast.
The O'Briens' dog also was injured and treated at an Anchorage veterinarian clinic.
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Too bad they didn't get that on video, get something good out of the situation at least. It would probably be funny to watch after a few years.
Glad everybody is alive.
With as much propane as it would take to do that, I'm surprised they could'nt smell it. They're lucky to still be kickin'.
Lostalaska : Keep an Eye on Youtube, someone May have recorded it ! LOL !
I fail to see the humor in this.
TRULY!!! I really fail to see the humor in this!
We lost everything we owned when our trailer we were living in burned up.
And then when we had another one, I don't know how many nights I couldn't sleep because I smelled "something". My husband couldn't smell anything and brushed my comments off. FINALLY someone else noticed the odor and thought it MIGHT be propane. Sure enough, a leak in the hot water heater.
Some people cannot smell well (hahaha--no B.O. jokes).
It doesn't take much to blow something up. And they were inside with only one exit.
Sorry guys---just not funny.
Guess that just comes with age, maturity, and experience.
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