My Dad bought a nice motorhome to use at the deer lease. He and his cousin Wilburn pulled the heater out of it and took it to the shop to be repaired. They got back to the lease and called it a night. The next morning they got up and Tom was in the motorhome by himself. He did as normal and started making coffee. He turned on the burner and rinsed the coffee pot out. Just as he got to the door to throw out the rinse water....BOOM!
He was hit in the back with the closet door and he was blown out the door of the camper. He still had the coffee pot in his hand and before he hit the ground he threw it so he could brace for impact. He was blown 20 feet out of the camper and was burned on his back and neck. His head sustained a gash from hitting the door on the way out but other than that..he was fine.
The camper was NOT so lucky. Before the blast it was a boxy looking camper..afterwards it was rounded off like an Airstream. The sides were blown off the frame and were no longer attached. The windows were blown out as well. That's how he came to be known as Propane Tom.