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2 men injured in Kitsap County explosion

The Columbian
Published: July 17, 2010, 12:00am

PORT ORCHARD, Wash. (AP) — Two men have been airlifted from Kitsap County to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with serious burns.

KOMO-TV reports the men’s roommate says the two tossed an oxygen canister into a fire Friday night in the backyard of a home near Port Orchard to see what would happen. The roommate says the men were burned in the ensuing explosion.

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Information from: KOMO-TV, http://www.komotv.com/

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