Man hospitalized after outhouse explosion Tuesday

[MountainLaurel]

A man was hospitalized for burns after he lit a cigarette in a portable outhouse and the outhouse exploded.

MECCA said that at about 9:40 a.m. Tuesday, Monongalia Emergency Medical Services responded to a burn call at the Clay-Battelle Community Health Center on the Mason-Dixon Highway in Blacksville.

The spokesperson said a man, whose identity is not being released, was inside a portable outhouse when the explosion occurred.

The methane gases inside the outhouse didn't "take too kindly" to the lit cigarette, the spokesperson said.

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[Beware the Beast Man]

1. That reminds me of those poor folks in Kenya

Who died while trying to retrieve a $20 cellphone from the bottom of a latrine.