Man stuck by lighting filling a propane tank in a RV Park.

(Dup)

JimK-NY wrote:
Filling the propane tank had no bearing on this. Plenty of people get hit by lightening while taking shelter under a tree. People had also died from being hit by chards of wood from a tree hit by lightening. It is not safe to take shelter under a tree during a lightening storm.

that may or may not be true. That was a colerital shock. The question is where did it come from and dissipate to? I don't know anything about those commercial LP hoses but it's entirely possible the path was through a steel lined hose, through him, and to ground. Igniting the tank, no, but could have had a nice venting flare

This is why I don't fill propane tanks in RV parks! Or in Canada!

I guess propane is safer. :B

Read about a man who got zapped while sitting in his porch. Lightning struck a large tree away from the house but it had long roots that extended under the porch.

Filling the propane tank had no bearing on this. Plenty of people get hit by lightening while taking shelter under a tree. People had also died from being hit by chards of wood from a tree hit by lightening. It is not safe to take shelter under a tree during a lightening storm.

lucky is right. lucky it didn't blow up the tank.

Sorry if you can't read that.

A man was filling his propane tank at Fort Victoria RV park, In Victoria, BC. Lighting struck a tree nearby traveled trough the ground and zapped him. Alive but injured. No fire.

Lucky