EXPLOSION IN KITCHEN
MAN WORKING WITH PETROL EXTENSIVE BURNS SUFFERED. BLAZE IN INVERCARGILL HOME. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Invercargill, Last Night. Extensive superficial burns to his arms and legs were suffered by Percy John Hall, North Invercargill, this morning, when lire broke out in the kitchen of his residence. It' appears that Hall was cleaning a nut with petrol, and, unknown to him, a gas ring was burning at the other end of the bench upon which he was working. Evidently the petrol fumes formed an explosive mixture in the kitchen and this sudednly burst into flame, enveloping Hall and setting fire to the kitchen. Hall was admitted to the Southland hospital, .
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Taranaki Daily News, 21 December 1931, Page 7
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