I'm glad nobody was seriously injured pal.Skippy wrote: ↑Sat Dec 13, 2025 9:07 pmMy father in law swapped-out an empty gas bottle for the BBQ on Christmas day and didn't close the valve properly on the 'empty' one.
It still had enough gas in it to fill the pergola up with gas without him realising, and when he went to re-light the BBQ the spark burnt it all off and nearly killed him. Was like a big explosion.
They said he was lucky he wore glasses to protest his eyes, lucky that he instinctively turned away from the explosion and didn't inhale the flames down his throat, and also lucky that he had the presence of mind to get straight in to the shower, although he did walk past two other showers to get to his ensuite shower haha.
Got airlifted in a helicopter that landed in the park next to their house and rushed to Royal North Shore in Sydney.
All on Christmas morning.
We laughed about it in hindsight because he was fine in the end, but it was bloody traumatising on the day let me tell you.
Thanks for taking the time to explain in full.


