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Two women burned while huffing comp

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Two women were undergoing treatment this morning for burns sustained while huffing fumes from an aerosol can while in a vehicle.

Lindsay Roundtree, 20, and Melissa Provost, 19, were burned about 10:06 p.m. Monday, according to Knoxville Police Department spokesman Darrell DeBusk.

The women drove at 9:50 p.m. into the parking lot of Shoney’s Restaurant, 4410 Western Ave. In the vehicle they inhaled fumes from a can of compressed air normally used to blow dust from computers or photographs.

The practice of breathing fumes from the air dust cleaners produces a high, DeBusk said.

When one of the women lit a cigarette in the vehicle, the fumes ignited, burning the couple, DeBusk said.

Emergency personnel first transported the women to the University of Tennessee Medical Center. Then they were flown by helicopter to the Vanderbilt Medical Center Burn Unit.

Their conditions at the Nashville facility were not immediately available.

More details as they develop online and in Wednesday’s News Sentinel.

© 2007, Knoxville News Sentinel Co.

http://knoxnews.com/news/2007/oct/16/two-women-burned-while-huffing-compressed-air/

Submitted on 10/16/2007

Submitted by: Ray
Reference: Knoxville News Sentenel October 16, 2007

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Chip said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
Ray, thanks for sending this one. I think there was more than compressed air in the can.


Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
Did they really think it was just compressed air that was getting them high? Thanks, Ray!


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