Lighter Fluids

71YOM COMES TO THE ER FOR BURNS. HE STATES HE WAS MANAGING A BRUSH FIRE FOR 2 HOURS AND ATTEMPTED TO PUT LIGHTER FLUID ON IT AND THE FIRE BURNED HIS LEG. HE HAS BURNS ON BOTH LOWER LEGS. EXAM SHOWS BLISTERS RIGHT SHIN WITH SKIN RED AND PAINFUL. LEFT LEG HAS A SMALL BURN, WITHOUT BLISTERS. WITH SKIN RED AND TENDER. DX: BURN LEG LEFT; BURN LEG RIGHT

2YOM PRESENTS AFTER HE DRANK A SMALL AMOUNT OF*** TORCH LIGHTER FLUID. DX: CORROSIVE INGESTION

10YOF HAD LIGHTER FLUID SPLASHED ON HER DRESS, THEN HER DRESS CAUGHT FIRE. FAMILY WAS GRILLING ON CHARCOAL OUTSIDE.NO FD ATTEND. DX: MULTPLE 2ND DEGREE B URNS TO THE RIGHT LOWER LEG AND LEFT THIGH.

52YOM STS WAS FILLING LIGHTER WITH LIGHTER FLUIDS AND FLUID RAN DOWN HAND SO WHEN HE LIT THE LIGHTER HIS HAND CAUGHT FIRE NO INFO ON IF FD PRESENT DX R HAND BURN

9 YOF INJ FACE BIL ARMS AND HANDS TOOK LIGHTER FLUID AND SQUIRTED IT INTO A FIRE FLAMES SHOT UP NO FD AT HOME DX MULT SECOND DEGREE BURNS NOSE BIL HANDS ;

21YOM PATIENT STATES THAT HE WAS OPENING A CAN OF GLYCOL WICK FUEL USING HIS TEETH WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY SWALLOWED LIGHTER FLUID, HE EXPERIENCING LIGHT HEADEDNESS AND NAUSEA DX: CHEMICAL EXPOSURE

37 YOM WAS BURNING EXCESS WOOD IN A BURN BARREL, POURED SOME LITER FLUID OVER IT TO INCREASE THE FLAME LEADING TO A FLASH BURN INJURY. FD NS. DX: PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN OF MULTIPLE FINGERS OF RIGHT HAND.

47YOF WAS LIGHTING A CHRISTMAS TREE WITH LIGHTER FLUID IN HER FRONT YARD WHEN SHE SUSTAINED BURNS NOTHING STATED ABOUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DX: BURNS INVOLVING 60-69% OF BODY SURFACE WITH 40-49% THIRD DEGREE BURNS

36 YOM ADDING LIGHTER FLUID TO FIRE, BLEW UP IN FACE, FD UNKNOWN DX THERMAL BURN FACE AND HANDS

22YOM PT POURED LIGHTER FLUID ONTO A HEATED GRILL, WIND BLEW & BURNED PT'S FACE; NO FD NOTED AT THE SCENE DX; BURN BY FIRE

50 YOM STATES THAT MONDAY, WHICH WAS 4 DAYS AGO, HE WAS GRILLING, HE SPILLED LIGHTER FLUID ON HIS FOOT AND THEN HE SMELLED THE BURNING AND NOTICED THAT HE HAD A BURN ON HIS LEFT FOOT. UNKNOWN FD DX 2ND DEGREE BURN

60YOM PRESENTS AFTER A FLASH BURN TO HIS ARM AND FACE AFTER DUMPING A GALLON OF LIGHTER FUEL ON AN OUTDOOR FIRE AT HOME AND IT EXPLODED. DX; FACIAL BURN

Over the past 2 yrs, every time I have purchased Ronsonol Lighter Fuel, the plastic bottle cracks under my grip, causing great potential safety issues due to the flammable nature of the liquid (8 fl.oz. bottle)

On Saturday, April 18, 2015, consumer was prepared to grill on his back deck. He used Frontier brand EcoStart Natural Lighter Fuel Gel ("EcoStart"), with charcoal. He prepared the grill and placed the bottle of Ecostart to the left of the grill. He then lit the charcoal with a lighter. He picked the bottle of EcoStart up to move it back to storage and as he did, the bottle started to whistle and before he could react, the bottle of EcoStart exploded. The burning fuel gel was ejected all over his upper body. He attempted to extinguish the flames with blankets and pillows, and his partner tried pouring liquids on him. It was several minutes before the flames were extinguished, and not before spreading to some additional objects, including his pants. He was rushed to the hospital where the doctors at the Burn Center determined that he had suffered second and third-degree burns to at least 15% of his total body.