Boy, Man Injured Trying To Build Camp Stove
Homemade Camp Stove Exploded In Backyard In 3200 Block Of Dye Road In Ramona
POSTED: 10:24 am PDT October 23, 2010
RAMONA, Calif. -- A a 9-year-old boy and a 42-year-old man are in the hospital Saturday with burns they received while attempting to build a camp stove in their backyard in Ramona, authorities said.The accident, reported just before 9:30 p.m. Friday, happened when the pair built a "homemade mini camp stove" that exploded in the backyard of a home in the 3200 block of Dye Road, said San Diego Sheriff's Lt. Jim Duffy.Both the man and boy suffered serious burns from the explosion, and were transported to a hospital, Duffy said.Duffy said he did not know if the two victims were related, what the stove was made from, or how it exploded. Do you have more information about this story? Click here to contact us.
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