Woman severely injured by exploding toilette

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A woman has had to undergo skin grafting on her legs after she was badly burnt in a methane gas explosion caused by the lack of ventilation and cleanliness of a Barcelona bar toilet.

If you’ve always been a bit squeamish about using public toilets, here’s another good reason to avoid loos that look particularly grubby.

A woman in a bar in Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter suffered second and third degree burns to her legs when the toilet she was sitting on exploded from underneath her.

According to the official police report, the blast was caused by the unhygienic conditions of the septic tank and the lack of ventilation in the lavatory.

When the woman switched on the light, a spark acted as a trigger for the methane gas which filled the toilet.

As the victim was sitting down, the gas was compressed therefore causing a strong blast.

According to Catalunya Radio, the woman has since sued the owners of the bar for the serious injuries she sustained.​

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How's the ventilation in your bathroom?

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[Kathi]

Ummm.....I will leave this topic alone.

 

[Gary]

When the woman switched on the light, a spark acted as a trigger for the methane gas which filled the toilet.

As the victim was sitting down, the gas was compressed therefore causing a strong blast.

She turns on the light, then sits down, and then the seat beneath her explodes. I don't think so.

The spark from the light switch would have caused the entire bathroom to immediately go up in flames.

I think she was smoking.

But that's just me.
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[TOG]

Ummm.....I will leave this topic alone.

That might not be a bad idea.

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[TOG]

She turns on the light, then sits down, and then the seat beneath her explodes. I don't think so.

The spark from the light switch would have caused the entire bathroom to immediately go up in flames.

I think she was smoking.

But that's just me.
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You have a point there. Unless the article is not in precise chronological order, and she sat down before turning on the light. But of course, that would mean she sat down in the dark, which isn't very likely either. I don't know what the law says in Spain, but if it's illegal to smoke in public toilettes, that might explain why she says it was the light.

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[reba]

and i was scared of spiders in the out house ?:biggrin

 

[Gary]

and i was scared of spiders in the out house ?:biggrin

There was a porcupine in ours once.

I was always afraid of the snakes.

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[Kathi]

I have only been in a couple but I was always afraid I was going to fall in.

 

[Obadiah]

This was a Mythbusters episode once a few years ago. They even made a big butt out of ballistic gel and put it on top of the toilet to simulate the woman sitting on it. In the end, I think I remember them saying it was busted. (The myth, not the woman.)

 

[TOG]

This was a Mythbusters episode once a few years ago. They even made a big butt out of ballistic gel and put it on top of the toilet to simulate the woman sitting on it. In the end, I think I remember them saying it was busted. (The myth, not the woman.)

It's still a funny story. But what about Gary's suggestion about smoking? Would that be more likely to work? Knowing the Myth Busters, they must have found some way of blowing it up.

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[Obadiah]

It's still a funny story. But what about Gary's suggestion about smoking? Would that be more likely to work? Knowing the Myth Busters, they must have found some way of blowing it up.

The TOG​

Oh of course. They could never let a story like this end without some kind of fiery explosion! I don't remember all the details, but I'm pretty sure they tried the cigarette thing with no results. That was with a reasonable amount of methane. Seems like I remember they finally filled a sealed outhouse shaped enclosure with some tremendous amount of gas which could never be generated in an outhouse in real life, much less find it's way from a septic tank through the trap like plumbing of an indoor toilet that would be found in a public bathroom, and ignited it with a spark from something like an ignition coil. Of course, that worked and the poor gelatinous butt got burned.

 

[Deborah13]

http://dwb4.unl.edu/Chemistry/DoChem/DoChem049.html

 

[TOG]

http://dwb4.unl.edu/Chemistry/DoChem/DoChem049.html

Cool. We didn't get to blow stuff up when I was in school. They were probably afraid we'd blow up the school.

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[Deborah13]

Cool. We didn't get to blow stuff up when I was in school. They were probably afraid we'd blow up the school.

The TOG​

Well, our resident plumber may be able to throw some light on this as well.

Seems to me if there was a leak in the seal of the toilet that keeps the methane from coming back into the toilet. If there wasn't sufficient ventilation for the gas to escape from the septic tank lines it could backup in the lines. Once it was mixed with oxygen in the bowl, it could caught on fire which would follow back through the leak and exploded the methane that was under pressure in the lines.
Kind of like what happens in coal mine explosions.
?? Don't really know though.

 

[evenifigoalone]

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[Deborah13]

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[Lewis]

Video shows woman glued to Home Depot toilet seat
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/video-shows-woman-glued-home-depot-toilet-seat/ncGBk/

ATLANTA —

A north Georgia woman says she wants answers after an apparent prank in a restroom left her with serious injuries.

Channel 2's Tony Thomas spoke Monday with the woman, who wants answers from not only the store where it happened, but whomever put glue on the top of the toilet seat lids.

Twelve days after the incident, Illyanna De La Keur says she remains couch-bound. She told Thomas not only were the injuries she suffered painful enough, she's also very embarrassed.

"I'm a grown woman who can't even sit up," De La Keur said. "I was stuck probably over an hour."

De La Keur went to a Banks County Home Depot the day before Thanksgiving with her sister and brother-in-law.

She said when she went to the restroom, she never noticed anyone had tampered with seats until it was too late.

De La Keur's sister took video as paramedics worked to free her. You can hear her screaming in pain. Crews ultimately decided to use WD-40 to free her.

It worked, but she was left with ripped skin and several wounds. De La Keur and her family now question the process.

"I couldn't understand why they weren't just taking me to an emergency room and having a doctor remove it," De La Keur said.

"She wasn't in her right state of mind to OK an experiment on her. It worked, but I don't think she should have been there," De La Keur's sister, Aleera Canino, said.

A Home Depot representative said the company has left De La Keur two voice messages and mailed a letter to her. Home Depot said a third party is now handling the case.

 

[Claudya]

You have a point there. Unless the article is not in precise chronological order, and she sat down before turning on the light. But of course, that would mean she sat down in the dark, which isn't very likely either. I don't know what the law says in Spain, but if it's illegal to smoke in public toilettes, that might explain why she says it was the light.

The TOG​

Motion sensors. If you stay seated for a few minutes they will detect no movement (well the ones in my dojo gym don't even detect you when you jump around like a rubber ball) and switch off the light. So she either had to trigger the sensor by moving while seated, or use a manual switch if it was in reach.
Anyway, the smoking on toilet hypothesis sounds somewhat plausible to be honest.

 

[Claudya]

Ouch.
From now on I'll pee in the bushes like a dude. It's safer.

 

[TOG]

Ouch.
From now on I'll pee in the bushes like a dude. It's safer.

Unless you're somewhere where there's permafrost. Then the heat might melt the ice, releasing copious amounts of methane that have been trapped under the ice for thousands of years, which would cause global warming to reach the point of no return and kill us all.

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