John Wentworth wrote:

Today's local newspaper contains a boating-related story that challenges my
belief that people do possess some degree of common sense. Three employees
of a New Hampshire marina were trying to clean up gasoline that had spilled
in the cabin of a Baja boat, using a wet-or-dry vacuum cleaner. A Fire
Department captain said "When they turned the vacuum cleaner on, there was
an explosion". The three employees, all in their twenties, are hospitalized
with 1'st and 2'nd degree burns. The owner of the marina had no comment, and
ordered the media off his property. Probably a good move, but I doubt it
will save him.



Indeed. Everyone knows the best way to get rid of a gasoline puddle is
to toss a burning tampon into it.

Hey...this is rec.boats, right?

So...how many think the explosion was caused because the vacuum was AC
instead of DC?

Alternately, would the gasoline have exploded if the vacuum were being
run by a diesel generator?

And, of course:

What was the name of the boat?



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