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sl8

(13,584 posts)
Fri Sep 4, 2020, 01:25 PM Sep 2020

Texas woman severely burned after hand sanitizer catches fire: "My whole body was just consumed ..."

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Texas woman severely burned after hand sanitizer catches fire: "My whole body was just consumed in flames"

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020 / 6:40 AM / CBS NEWS

A Texas woman continues to recover in the ICU after her hand sanitizer allegedly caught fire while she was trying to light a candle. CBS station KHOU-TV reports Kate Wise was left with severe burns on her entire body.

Wise, who lives in Round Rock, told the station that on Sunday she put on a hand sanitizer that she keeps to protect herself and three daughters from coronavirus. But when she lit a candle, her hand caught fire.

"It can be something as small as lighting a candle," Wise said. "Because of the hand sanitizer, it just lit my whole ... everywhere I had hand sanitizer on my hand, it just lit my hand with fire."

Wise said the flames made contact with the off-brand sanitizer bottle and it exploded.


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Texas woman severely burned after hand sanitizer catches fire: "My whole body was just consumed ..." (Original Post) sl8 Sep 2020 OP
There was a list of Wellstone ruled Sep 2020 #1
Ethanol burns as well as methanol Chainfire Sep 2020 #2
Note to self: Stop storing gasoline in hand sanitizer containers. ret5hd Sep 2020 #3
The best thing is... cannabis_flower Sep 2020 #4
 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
1. There was a list of
Fri Sep 4, 2020, 01:31 PM
Sep 2020

do not use Hand Sanitizers last week,these contained methanol and not only were they explosive,they were absorbed into the blood stream causing major medical issues.

Chainfire

(17,308 posts)
2. Ethanol burns as well as methanol
Fri Sep 4, 2020, 01:55 PM
Sep 2020

Lesson here is don't slather yourself with alcohol and play with fire.

I think that it is highly unlikely that a bottle of hand sanitizer "exploded."

cannabis_flower

(3,764 posts)
4. The best thing is...
Tue Sep 8, 2020, 01:29 AM
Sep 2020

To only use hand sanitizer if you are unable to use soap and water. If you use hand sanitizer when you are out, wash your hands when you get home before you try to light a fire.

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