Tour speedboat catches fire from crewman’s cigarette

[snoop1130]

Tour speedboat catches fire from crewman’s cigarette

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

 

PHUKET:-- A crewman on a Phuket tour speedboat suffered burns from a flash fire started by a cigarette he was smoking soon after refueling the boat this afternoon (April 13).

 

Rescue workers from the nearby Boat Lagoon Marina and the Kusoldharm Foundation were informed of the fire at 4.30pm.

 

The first responders arrived at the scene, on Boat Lagoon Soi 4, beside the canal leading to the sea, to find the crewman, 30-year-old Narongrit Nuanchan, with flash burns to his legs and scorched clothes.

 

Full Story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/tour-speedboat-catches-fire-from-crewman-cigarette-66766.php#yXZeQ6byjTeAAB2S.97

 

-- © Copyright Phuket News 2018-4-13

[samsensam]

 

one of my scariest moments was while travelling through pakistan in a van we stopped at a petrol station and the driver got out fill up with fuel... while smoking a cigarette.

 

a close second was being in a long distance taxi in yemen sitting next to a child playing with his dad's handgun...

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Brain dead idiot 4.0!

 

[smedly]

2 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Brain dead idiot 4.0!

 

and I don't think this is the first time this has happened

[Stargeezr]

Stupid is as stupid does.  I still remember the stories of fuel truck spills, and people

using buckets to scoop up the gas, until some idiot lights a cigarette , the whole

pool and people with his stupid act. Looked like a nice boat, with 3 engines yet.

Geezer

[Valentine]

One pf the most idiotic things I have seen was a video (not Thai) showing a man peering inside the lid of a petrol tanker. Obviously he could not see inside as he pulled out his Zippo to check.

Edited April 14, 2018 by Valentine

[Deli]

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[meatboy]

11 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Brain dead idiot 4.0!

 

so it wasn't BRAKES OVERHEATING.

[Somchai Logic]

12 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Brain dead idiot 4.0!

 

I thought it was "Brain dead idiot 65,000,000" 

[RichardColeman]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The first responders arrived at the scene, on Boat Lagoon Soi 4, beside the canal leading to the sea, to find the crewman, 30-year-old Narongrit Nuanchan, with flash burns to his legs and scorched clothes.

Probably released from hospital and went home to eat his pufferfish ! 

[Bundooman]

He's DEFINITELY off the owner's Christmas card list!

 

I wonder if he still has a job? Or even if he's still alive.......

[stevenl]

13 hours ago, samsensam said:

 

one of my scariest moments was while travelling through pakistan in a van we stopped at a petrol station and the driver got out fill up with fuel... while smoking a cigarette.

 

a close second was being in a long distance taxi in yemen sitting next to a child playing with his dad's handgun...

If a van it most likely was diesel. Smoking would be no issue in that case.

 

I would go for your second one as the first :)

[Khun Paul]

Stupid is as stupid does. Typical illogical thought done by a man with even less brain cells than an amoeba. 

Edited April 14, 2018 by Khun Paul
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[Toknarok]

1 hour ago, stevenl said:

If a van it most likely was diesel. Smoking would be no issue in that case.

 

I would go for your second one as the first :)

     Not altogether true. If the weather is hot enough then diesel fumes can become inflammable. I remember when I was in Africa on a particularly hot night a heavy vehicle driver went to check his fuel level with a lighter. The tank exploded killing him instantly.

[atyclb]

1 hour ago, Khun Paul said:

Stupid is as stupid does. Typical illogical thought done by a man with even less brain cells than an amoeba. 

 

please dont insult amoebae 

[FitnessHealthTravel]

16 hours ago, samsensam said:

 

one of my scariest moments was while travelling through pakistan in a van we stopped at a petrol station and the driver got out fill up with fuel... while smoking a cigarette.

 

a close second was being in a long distance taxi in yemen sitting next to a child playing with his dad's handgun...

I’m not sure why you would expect anything else. Pakistan, Yemen hahaha Thailand must seem like paradise. It’s all relative. Phew!

[apophyss]

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Som nam nah !

Edited April 14, 2018 by apophyss

[Damrongsak]

On 4/13/2018 at 1:19 PM, Stargrazer9889 said:

Stupid is as stupid does.  I still remember the stories of fuel truck spills, and people

using buckets to scoop up the gas, until some idiot lights a cigarette , the whole

pool and people with his stupid act. Looked like a nice boat, with 3 engines yet.

Geezer

June, 2017:  At least 153 were killed Sunday when they rushed to collect leaking fuel from a crashed tanker in Bahawalpur, eastern Pakistan, before it suddenly exploded.

 

Make that 219 people.

Edited April 14, 2018 by Damrongsak