The man was taken to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries, and no one else was hurt—though his car's roof was blown off.
A man from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada is lucky to be alive after causing an explosion in his car Thursday evening.
The man, who was not identified by authorities, had a five-pound propane tank in the backseat of his car. The explosion happened around 7 p.m. local time in a grocery store's parking lot at the Quinpool Centre shopping area, just under a mile from Downtown Halifax. He told authorities that he had taken a nap in his vehicle, and on waking up, he decided to have a cigarette, forgetting about the propane tank. When he lit the cigarette, the car exploded. The explosion blew out the windows, caused the car's outside paneling to fall off and blew off part of the roof.."We have a two-storey house, there's like seven or eight rooms in it, and it shook the whole house. It was a big loud thud. We thought maybe a bomb had gone off somewhere.
Initially, fire fighters believed that the remains of the propane tank had been launched onto the roof of a nearby Wendy's. However, after nothing was found atop the fast food restaurant, the remnants of the tank were found on the floor of the car. A Halifax, Nova Scotia man accidentally blew up his car, similar to the scene in this stock photo, by lighting a cigarette with a propane tank in the back seat.The victim was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Only the car was damaged, and no one else was hurt. Halifax police said there will be no investigation of the incident. District Fire Chief Kevin Reade toldOfficials believe that the explosion happened due to a leak from the tank.
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