Fun With Acetylene on the 4th of July!


A kid in Lindsborg KS had filled several balloons with acetylene and was shooting them with roman candles.

He had about 3 or 4 balloons left in the backseat of the truck, and when he reached in to pull one of them out he slid it just enough to cause a static spark and KA-PHOOOOM!!!!!!

He spent a little time in ICU in Wichita. He blew out both eardrums, had to have a lot of shards of glass pulled from his torso, face, and eyeballs.

His nephew was either in the truck or close enough by that it blew part of his face off and required-30 something stitches to put it back on.

You see the damage to the truck, but the garage it was parked near was moved partly off of its foundation.