Fire Rescue News - Lacey Township man burned when can of WD-40 explodes in bonfire

From Press staff reports | Posted: Friday, March 26, 2010 | 2 comments

A Lacey Township man was burned Thursday evening after a can of WD-40 exploded in a bonfire he was having with some friends, police said.

Officers responded at 8:16 p.m. Thursday to the Lanoka Harbor Rescue Squad building on Manchester Avenue for the repot of a burn victim, police said.....Continue Reading

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Jesse Urban, 19, of the Forked River section of the township, told the officers he and his friends were having a bonfire on the wooded area of Lacey Materials on the 5000 block of Lacey Road, police said. He was adding newspapers to the fire when a can of WD-40 in the fire exploded, burning his right arm and his entire head and neck.

Urban was taken by Lanoka Harbor Emergency Medical Services to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune for evaluation of his injuries, police said.

The Forked River Fire Department and MONOC paramedics also responded to the scene, police said.

Staff Writer Elaine Rose