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Jump to full article: KXLY News 4 (Spokane, WA), 2009-07-24
Intro: COEUR D'ALENE - Authorities say a propane tank and a lit cigarette are to blame for an explosion that sent a man to Kootenai Medical Center with serious burns.
Around 2:30 Coeur d'Alene police and fire crews got called out to the Cedar Motel and RV Park on Lake Drive. Once they got on the scene they found a man with serious burns and a silver 1992 Chevrolet Lumina on fire.
Police say 41-year-old Michael Brandt was sitting in the driver's seat of his Chevy when he lit a cigarette. Unfortunately for Brandt, he had a propane tank sitting in the front passenger seat.
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