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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!
Miranda's, since you are related to some of them maybe you can post some info, on how they are doing as you hear it.

We all do care. Thanks.

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From the news this morning all but one are in stable condition with one still critical with a lot of burns. One of the boys was able to get up and move to a wheelchair.

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Good news. I can only think that most of their burns happened as they tried to get out of their sleeping bags. How horrific that most of been? frown

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not trying to blame any one or be negitive towards those injured

more curious and just a thought if they would have had a window cracked would this have avoided such a violent explosion

its very concerning that this happen,at least to me

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It's very possible that there was a window cracked. Depends on how much of a leak there was. It needs to get the right A/F ratio to explode like that. There is a lower explosive limit along with a higher explosive limit. Outside of either one of them and it does not go boom. It can be too rich with fuel to explode. If there was a window open and it was a big leak, it may have made the right A/F ratio.

I am not saying that is what happened but it is possible.

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Haveing a window cracked open probably wouldnt do any good as propane is heavier than air and pools at floor level. Unfortunatly this is also usually where pilot lights tend to be. Something had to be leaking for a while like a bad line or loose/bad fitting,stove/oven or gas light. Then the furnace pilot or flame set it off.

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It's very possible that there was a window cracked. Depends on how much of a leak there was. It needs to get the right A/F ratio to explode like that. There is a lower explosive limit along with a higher explosive limit. Outside of either one of them and it does not go boom. It can be too rich with fuel to explode. If there was a window open and it was a big leak, it may have made the right A/F ratio.

I am not saying that is what happened but it is possible.

About 2.1% to 9.5% propane content for an explosion. It is one of the safest gases we have but under the wrong circumstances, things can still go terrible.

The odor can be detected at about .5% content and above.

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I have a propane alarm in my fish house. I put it right on the floor by the forced air furnance. I sure hope these guys pull through this ok and get a chance to fish with each other again. I will be testing all my connections before i go out again. Good luck guys.

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Eyesorskis, and if you call Carsella's I'm sure they would be More then happy looking at your house. The reason I know a little of the accident, and is Carsella's is in fact my mother and step father. The owner of the house Stopped by their shop on the way up to lotw. From what authorities said today is it might be a faulty heater. There was other rumors floating around but I'm not gonna say until the reports come out.

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Good to hear they are doing better.

Sifty

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If anyone would like to send a card or get well soon encouragement to my Uncle and Cousins that were in the fish house explosion at the Lake Of The Woods last week the mailing address is ....

Some of you have asked how you can send cards to the guys. You can send them to the burn center:

Burn/Intensive Care Unit

Essential Health

c/o Rod, Jake & Joel Bolstad

502 East Second Street

Duluth, MN 55805

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I know the man that is still in critical. He needs lots of prayers sent his way. Awful accident. frown

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Hunter21, I was going to send you a PM but it looks like your box is full. I have a couple questions to ask you about Carsella shacks. I had them build me one three years ago and really like it. Feel free to drop me a PM. Thanks for your time.

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so did they figure out what actually caused the explosion yet

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Any word on how the guys are?

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