OCEAN ISLE BEACH, N.C. — Three people were injured after a boat exploded while parked at a dock along the North Carolina coast, according to WECT.
According to reports, the incident happened on Friday when two people fueling the boat accidentally put 28 gallons of gas into a fishing rod holder.
Jeff Williamson told WECT he noticed a sheen of gas on the water and told them about their mistake. He advised they call a tow company instead of cranking the boat because it might cause an explosion.
When the boaters disconnected the battery cables, a spark ignited the gasoline and caused the explosion.
David Martin Jr., 40, of Charlotte; passenger Jonathan Bickett, 35, of Charlotte; and Kendrick Schwarz, 24, of Brunswick County were injured. Martin and Bickett were airlifted to a local burn clinic where they were treated for non-life threatening injuries.
Crews had the boat fire out in less than 15 minutes. A nearby restaurant and fishing center had to be temporarily evacuated.
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I can't imagine a rod holder looking like a gas cap. However, when I was in high school in the 60's I worked for a farmer doing haying. That was before the bale wagon was invented so it was all by hand. I noticed 2 of the guys on the other side of the field messing with the old Ford tractor. Seems they ran out of gas and neither knew where the gas cap was (under a flip-up cover). They put it in the radiator. Apparently the radiator was way low and took most of 5 gal. They had to drain the radiator on the spot.
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> a spark ignited the gasoline and caused the explosion
I don't get it , why explosion ? and how do you put 28 gallons of fluid in there ?
I googled it and couldn't find a fishing rod holder big enough for 28 gallons.
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If the rod holder had no bottom, and was mounted either into the top of a storage bin or top edge of the hull, it would indeed hold many gallons of gas...
We aren't talking about a plastic pipe type rof holder, but rather a rod holder you put the rod handle into while fishing...
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They were lucky they had so much gas... it was likely too rich to burn efficiently. A gallon properly vaporized would have left nothing but splinters...
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It is certainly a good thing that water is not easily ignited or some people would be doing even stupider things........ imagine what a gallon of water might do in combustion?
Sometimes, the air you 'let in'matters less than the air you 'let out'.
I've heard of this happening before over the years, as well as other types of accidents while fueling. I had to run one of my charter customers off the fuel dock once because he tried to light up a smokes as we were pumping gas (not into a rod holder!). Hurt his feelings. Told me unleaded gas "wouldn't burn". I told him I was worried about the explosion from the fumes.
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