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10-03-2007 | 10:42 AM
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From: Yuma, AZ.
Originally Posted by JimmyFloyd
ok, so I may have been wrong....
The fire started while mechanic Eric Dingler was removing the gas tank of a 1996 Pontiac Bonneville. Dingler used an acetylene torch to cut a bolt holding the tank onto the car, then put the torch out of harm'* way, said Cameron, who was also working in the shop. When the tank came off, it removed a gas line, spilling gasoline on the floor. The gasoline came into contact with the still-hot bolt, igniting the gas.
10-03-2007 | 10:47 AM
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Read the article linked above. It'* a direct quote from there.
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http://pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.d...0020802&Ref=PH
#7 is the Bonneville.
The fire started while mechanic Eric Dingler was removing the gas tank of a 1996 Pontiac Bonneville. Dingler used an acetylene torch to cut a bolt holding the tank onto the car, then put the torch out of harm'* way, said Cameron, who was also working in the shop. When the tank came off, it removed a gas line, spilling gasoline on the floor. The gasoline came into contact with the still-hot bolt, igniting the gas.
Investigators initially said the fire was started by the torch itself.
"You torch stuff all the time," said Cameron, who stressed that Dingler did nothing wrong. "It'* a fluke."
Investigators initially said the fire was started by the torch itself.
"You torch stuff all the time," said Cameron, who stressed that Dingler did nothing wrong. "It'* a fluke."
http://pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.d...0020802&Ref=PH
#7 is the Bonneville.
10-03-2007 | 12:57 PM
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HOLY **** I saw this fire!! Monday heading back home from TO on a bus I saw a massive blaze to my right just before 81 * split into 17 W. I could see the smoke well before I reached it and knew something was wrong. While driving past I could see the fire was huge and enveloping trees.
