Wheeled house explosion????

[Hunter21]

Heard Life Link 6 Dispatched to Baudette MN for a ice house explosion many injured? Anyone up there know any more details?

[Hunter21]

Just confirmed multiple Life Flights and Jets, from life link and memorial being dispatched to Baudette.

[bturck]

Oh man that is not good news. Lets pray for no serious injuries or loss of life. Hope good news follows

[leechlake]

On 12-30-12, at approx. 0801, the Lake Of The Woods County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call of an explosion in a privately owned fish house located on shore in the Zippel Bay Area.

All five occupants of the fish house sustained injuries and were transported by ambulance to LakeWood Health Center in Baudette.

Lake Of The Woods County Sheriff's Office, Lake Of The Woods Ambulance, Williams Fire Department, Northren Lights first responders, Baudette Fire Department, Baudette Rescue Squad, and Warroad Ambulance responded. Incident is under investigation by the Lake Of The Woods County Sheriff's Office and the State Fire Marshall.

[Hunter21]

Man hope no children where in it.... (Soft spot)

[Ballyhoo]

From what I have heard is all 5 were flown out. I don't know if all were adults or not. I saw the article that leechlake posted on Williams Northern Light FB page, actually a friend shared it.

[boxcar46]

wow, keep us all informed in this situation. hope no one got hurt. I saw a fish house on fire once. it really freaked me out. thank goodness nobody got hurt in that ordeal. very scary though

[fowldreams]

Thoughts and prayers for those involved. Any idea what could have caused this?

FD

[theicehooker]

I know one of the people involved. I will have info for all of us as soon as I hear. Kinda freaks me out a little.

[Walleyehooker]

Pretty scary deal.Hope everyone is OK.Im actually surprised this doesnt happen more often with all the houses being dragged around or going up and down the road with fuel lines at least partially inside that very raerly get checked.

I was out fishing by the reefs one year and heard a pop and seen part of a permanant house flying in the air.Surpriseingly no one got hurt.

[MirandaS]

Three of the 5 men are my relatives. They have all been transferred to a burn unit and are on the mend. All of the men are over 18. Two of the five are still in very critical condition. The other three have burns and injuries but are in stable condition. The cause of the explosion has not been clear as of this point. Prayers are needed for these long time lake of the Woods fisherman and outdoor enthusiasts!

[Boar]

Prayers got out to all, hope they pull thru.

[LOWFisherman]

it was certianly an eye opener....lets just say that

[Ballyhoo]

Prayers for speedy recovery by all. Saw the news clip on KVLY this morning but did not give a lot of information. House is still intact, they said it just blackened the inside.

[Gordie]

Prayers they’re way from my family.

[gregg52]

THE report I saw on the news didnt give much info either (channell 11

they did say it was a flash fire

will be very interested to hear the cause

my best to everyone involved

[leech~~]

I had two ambulances go flying by me on my way out to the point in the morning. I asked someone at the bait store if they heard what happened? They said that they had heard a wheelhouse leaving for home popped off a hatch and ran into someone? Not sure if this was something else but both ambulances had they lights going on the way back down as well?

[Nisswaguy]

From the Strib:

BAUDETTE, Minn. - Five men are injured after an explosion in an ice fishing camper in northern Minnesota.

Lake of the Woods County Sheriff Gary Fish says the propane furnace exploded and blew out the windows at 8 a.m. Sunday on the shore of Lake of the Woods at Zippel Bay.

KVLY-TV reports ( http://bit.ly/TVCGnc) the victims are Rod Bolstad of Hillsboro, his sons Jacob and Joel Bolstad as well as Al Stokke and Willy Huotari.

Essentia Health spokeswoman Holly Gruber says Huotari and Rod and Jacob Bolstad were listed in critical condition Monday, Joel Bolstad was in serious condition and Stokke was in fair condition.

The men had stayed overnight in the privately owned camper-ice fishing house.

While the cause is still under investigation, authorities say they are confident the explosion was accidental.

Prayers to all!!

[Hunter21]

I was told they had issues with the regulator and used a old one to replace the B.O one. The ice house manufacture gave them a new one and tested the lines as they head up to LOTW. One of the victims woke up and lite a cigarette and boom. How they didn't smell the propane or how they didn't die from the fumes of it is beyond me...

[Guest]

Time to put detectors in these sleepers, man that is scary and everyone needs to learn from this!

[Cast A Way]

I have both a smoke alarm and co meter alarm in my house. I always leave a window open a little and also have 3" fresh air vents up high and low. I check my lines and connections every trip. Am looking at a propane detector to add. I am praying these men all get back to ice fishing soon.

[gregg52]

Wow

you would think if there was that much propane in there to explode like that.that you could smell it

I dont like propane or monkeying with it

that makes me even more nervous

not sure a detector would have helped chances are he wouldnt looked before he lit the cigarette.... but i spose maybe it woulda been beeping

I do know when ever I'm in a house i crack a window

dont know if that would of helped or not in this case

leech

did you catch any fish???

[leech~~]

leech

did you catch any fish???

Got about 25 but only 4 keepers. Use fat heads the first day and a half and only got small eye's. Switched to Rainbows the last day because they were all out of shiners, and got the 4 keepers. My son-in-law and 3 buddies got over 80 fish in a sleeper over the weekend.

Back to the thread.

I really like the heaters that are sealed and only take fresh air to burn from out side and vent out side. That way no gas can get in if it leaks.

[hibanks1]

I seen these guys goin on at zippel on friday ....looked like a brand new carsella shack....if i remember correctly.

[TruckerDon]

We Heard something south of us the lake on Sunday. Saw the fire, but didn't know what was up. Wow, that is to scary. Sure hope they are going to be fine. Best wishes, and Godspeed to them.

[TruckerDon]

We Heard something south of us the lake on Sunday. Saw the fire, but didn't know what was up. Wow, that is to scary. Sure hope they are going to be fine. Best wishes, and Godspeed to them.

[Scupper]

[quote=leech Back to the thread.

I really like the heaters that are sealed and only take fresh air to burn from out side and vent out side. That way no gas can get in if it leaks.

[eyesorskis]

first off my prayers go out to these men and thier families.

a couple of questions that hopefully someone can help me with, it alarms me to here that these men were in a Carsella Shack, as I also own a Carsella Shack. I am not here to bad mouth anyone, but my experience with the people from Carsella Shacks has me very concerned that there might have been some short cuts taken and i am not about to have my daughter in our fish house until I have more peace of mind on this situation. Without knowing all the information on what caused the explosion i obviously can't assume what caused this but since i am not a handy person I thought the best thing to do would be to bring the house to a heating company to make sure there are no small leaks and that everything was installed properly. My house is currently on the south side of red lake, can anyone suggest where I should take it, or have any other advide for me. Any help is much appreciated, and again my prayers are with these guys

[leech~~]

I was told they had issues with the regulator and used a old one to replace the B.O one. The ice house manufacture gave them a new one and tested the lines as they head up to LOTW. One of the victims woke up and lite a cigarette and boom. How they didn't smell the propane or how they didn't die from the fumes of it is beyond me...

It sounds like the owner tried to do the right thing by having it tested by the MFG before they left?

[JakeJ_Mn]

I would use soapy water in a squirt bottle and check all your connections including the pilot line. Call Carsellas and see what they recommend.(I don't know what heaters they use)

If you are on Red Lake, my suggestion would be to take your house to the Cenex bulk station in Bemidji. They service propane heaters and are very reliable. Immediately when I heard the news, I checked my current house(I installed everything myself) One can never be too safe.

On my last house, I also found a leak in my pilot line getting ready for the ice season.

I wish the very best for a speedy recovery for these folks and families.