title: Burns caused by the ignition of propane gas by an automobile catalytic converter.
abstract: An unusual accident is reported in which 2 patients were burned when propane gas draining from a tanker truck was ignited by the catalytic converter of a nearby parked car.
authors.affiliation: Columbia-Augusta Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Still
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Law
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pickens
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001336:Automobiles; D002056:Burns / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005107:Explosions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011407:Propane; D001335:Vehicle Emissions
chemical_list: D001335:Vehicle Emissions; D011407:Propane