Posted on 05/31/2006 5:42:38 PM PDT by blam
Teenage boy blows up the house with deodorant
By David Sapsted
(Filed: 01/06/2006)
A teenager left at home while his parents were on holiday decided to do some washing - and ended up blowing the roof off and causing £35,000 of damage.
In a freak string of mishaps, Sean Davey, 18, left a washing basket full of clothes on top of the electric cooker. He then accidentally knocked one of the hob controls, turning on one of the rings, before going out to meet friends.
The heated ring set fire to the basket of clothes which, in turn, heated a nearby bag of shopping that his sister Nicky, 20, had left for her brother earlier in the day.
And that caused a can of Sure deodorant to explode with such force that it not only blew out windows but cracked a wall and even, briefly, lifted the roof off the bungalow.
Three fire crews tackled the blaze in the home at Caister-on-Sea near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, on Sunday evening. Firemen rescued one of the family's labrador dogs while the other one escaped of his own accord and reappeared, somewhat shaken, eight hours later.
Joanne Bray, who cut short her holiday in the Scottish Highlands with her husband Paul when they heard of the disaster, said yesterday that structural damage to the building was estimated at £20,000 with another £15,000 needed to repair fire and smoke damage inside.
"Sean phoned me and said: 'Mum, the house is on fire.' I have forgiven him because it was just one of those unfortunate accidents. I am just grateful that he and the dogs are alive and well," said Mrs Bray.
"I can't really blame him for what happened. I would be happy to leave him again when we next go on holiday. It is just ironic that the fire was started by the electric hob because Sean didn't actually cook anything while we were away - he survived on microwave meals and takeaways."
Alan Jaye, the watch manager with Norfolk Fire Service, said: "The can of deodorant was left near the cooker hood in the kitchen. The pressure waves that aerosols give off when they explode can be quite phenomenal.
"In this case, the force of the blast was so great that some of the window frames were pushed right out and a crack was put in the building.
"We would advise families never to expose aerosol cans to any heat."
Sean and his parents were staying with friends yesterday.
No, you were correct. BBQ is spelled BBQ
I agree. I've been around several aerosol cans that exploded, and while they will make your ears ring for a few minutes, and will definitely raise bubbles on a fire helmet, they do not have that kind of explosive power unless you're talking about a dog house. Either something else also exploded, or they're making this up.
Well said...
Lol! Didn't all that practicing teach you to be nice to women? :P
Surprisingly, I don't think I was ever on it. If you can believe that!
Was the site http://www.putfile.com ?
Mmmmm, no...it wasn't that. If you look at my profile page it had a large selection of smaller repeated videos like the Laurel and Hardy one.
I'm probably not describing it very good. It's no biggie if you can't find it.
Well, doing a bit of math, it may just be possible (altho I'm a bit skeptical of this instance also)...but locally, it's confirmed triple-verified fact that a few years ago, an unstrapped water heater that didn't have a relief valve took the roof off of it's former garage home, went over four lanes of Eisenhower Drive, and plummeted through the roof of a cottage at the La Quinta Hotel.....that's fifty yards at the least.
I asked my plumber buddy about this, and he said under just the right circumstances it's certainly likely; he's repaired some laundry room and/or garage damage due to similar but less dramatic "activities".
The headline was so funny I had to see! Wassup blam?
Some teenage boys will do anything to get out of doing chores around the house.
Great!
Where have you been young lady?
Here, there and everywhere, mostly lurking. It's all good.
Glad to see you 'out & about.'
[I don't care if someone made that joke already! It's still funny!]
LOL!That is the first thing I thought of.
My former roommate, who was from Leeds, always referred to the stove as "the cooker." It took me awhile to figure out what she meant -- also her accent; Northern English is almost like a brogue.
We had a neighbor who's hot water tank blew, a few years ago. Their laundry room suddenly had no walls, their family room lost all of its windows, and the kitchen and family room each lost a wall too. It also blew the family room door off its hinges.
We got to see it maybe an hour after it happened, at most.
Remember those commercials for Sure deodorant?
"Sure! Unsure.."
This was UNSURE.
LOL....I have been blessed/cursed with a very good nose. My one trip to Europe was a total nose assult. Thankfully I packed some fabreeze.
Hmmmm. I was about to agree with this when I remembered that many electric stove control knobs are set up so that a small turn in one direction will put the burner on full power.
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