KLEM NEWS UPDATE
09/04/2007
(ONAWA)--A NORTHWEST IOWA MAN WHO WAS BURNED LAST WEEK TRYING TO VENT PROPANE
GAS FUMES HAS DIED.
MONONA COUNTY AUTHORITIES SAID A THIEF WHO STRIPPED COPPER TUBING
FROM AN EXTERIOR PROPANE TANK CAUSED THE GAS BUILDUP IN THE HOME OF
EIGHTY-YEAR-OLD EARL THELANDER OF ONAWA.
THELANDER SUFFERED THIRD-DEGREE BURNS WHEN HIS HOME EXPLODED AUG.
28 AFTER HE TURNED ON A FAN TO VENT THE GAS.
HE DIED SATURDAY NIGHT AT AN OMAHA HOSPITAL.
