The Down Range Forum
Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: Paraguy on December 24, 2012, 06:21:56 PM
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Congress needs to step in and do something about this senseless carnage. Not to make light of it, but since everyone is getting mad at people's irresponsible behavior and blaming it on objects....
6 children hurt when gas can explodes in Texas
Associated Press – McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — Four children were airlifted to a Dallas hospital with critical burns after a gas can exploded on Christmas Eve next to an open fire pit in a backyard, a fire official said.
Two other children are in the hospital, one with serious injuries and the other with minor burns.
At least one of the children sprinkled gasoline on the fire Monday, and then left the can near the pit, said McKinney Fire Department spokeswoman Stacie Durham. The fumes from the can ignited, and all six children were nearby when it exploded, and the flames hit them, she said.
Deb Martin, a neighbor, told the Dallas Morning News she ran over to the house when she heard the explosion.
"It was a whoosh," Martin said. "I don't know how else to describe it, and the kids were screaming. I thought maybe it was a firecracker, but they kept screaming. Some of the kids were running from the backyard."
The injured children, ages 4 to 11, are related and some are siblings, Durham said. A fifth child also taken to the Dallas hospital was in serious condition, and a sixth was taken to a McKinney hospital with minor burns, she said.
The children were believed to have been left unsupervised in the backyard. Adults were inside the home at the time of the explosion.
There were several other children in the backyard that were unhurt, Martin said. She said she and other neighbors called 911 and removed the injured children's clothes because they were on fire.
A child who is believed not to have been injured ran into the home and told the adults there was an explosion and the children were on fire, Durham said.
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I think some "drop and roll" instruction would be in order .
You know, we had that in elementary school .
As I remember they quit doing that about the same time they quit the "Duck and cover" drills.
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A bunch of kids scarred for life because of bad parenting. Why doesn't this surprise me the least little bit?
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I think some "drop and roll" instruction would be in order .
You know, we had that in elementary school .
As I remember they quit doing that about the same time they quit the "Duck and cover" drills.
Actually, the first lesson they should have been taught - and have hopefully learned - is to not put a gasoline can next to an open fire!!
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Path, my thinking was that if they still needed that one explained to them then there was no point, since it would mean they weren't any smarter than the parents who left children 4 - 11 unattended with gas and fire.
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No duck and cover, but lots of stop, drop and roll.
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I think some "drop and roll" instruction would be in order .
You know, we had that in elementary school .
As I remember they quit doing that about the same time they quit the "Duck and cover" drills.
We still teach it when we go to the schools, but its sometimes hard to keep their attention with a big red truck behind you.
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Not just drop & roll but parents/adults need to explain & teach that liguids/solids/gases that are flammable, labeled flammable/non-flammable, combustible etc. shouldn't be left near heat sources. If you do they WILL go boom/woompf/pop/bang and bad things WILL happen if you don't pay attention & listen to what I am telling you.