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Close call. (The Goodness of America).(Brief Article)
During 26 years delivering propane Dennis Schmotzer of Tampa, Florida, never considered his job particularly risky --until June 24th of this year.
At around noon that day he was filling a 100-pound propane cylinder when an excess flow valve malfunctioned. During a July 1st news conference in the burn unit of Tampa General Hospital (where he was recovering from what happened next), he recalled, "I knew I had a problem when I couldn't stop the gas flow."
Suddenly, there was a loud "whoosh" accompanied by an enormous orange flame. "I was knocked to the ground in the flare-up," he told reporters. "Then I was in fear; I was in real fear." As described in the July 2nd Tampa Tribune, "The blast blew off Schmotzer's hat, glasses and watch and knocked the battery out of his cellular telephone. The front of his short-sleeve shirt was burned off. Uncertain if the remaining portion was ablaze, he shed it as he fled." Then, he realized that the propane hose remained near the 3,000-gallon tanker truck, and "if that hose catches on, the whole truck ...
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