JUNE 17, 2015
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
Burns from a flash fire inside a pickup truck with a canopy
sent a Deep Creek farrier to hospital Wednesday.
The man had been shoeing horses in the morning and had
stopped at the Co-op, Salmon Arm Gas Bar to refill a large propane tank mounted
under the canopy.
He was disconnecting the filling line from the propane tank,
which was close to a small forge.
“There was a release of propane and because the forge was
still hot it ignited,” said acting fire chief Jim Nickles. “Paramedics
transported him to the hospital. They were concerned about his airway.”
Nickles says one child inside the crew cab was not injured,
nor was a Co-op attendant who was standing at the back of the truck.