Those Crazy Germans

It seems we have had a number of Germans posted about on WU lately, here's another. A forty-five year old Duesseldorf man attempted to fix his air mattress and instead blew up his apartment. He used tire repair solvent to plug the mattress. The next day he attempted to blow it up and succeeded but not in the way he intended. The electric air pump sparked the tire solvent and KABOOM! The apartment building, as well as a neighboring one, were evacuated so firefighters could make sure the building where the explosion occured was safe. Understandable precaution since the living room wall of the man's apartment was blown into the stairwell. If you are exploding with curiosity read the rest here- http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/090715/odds/odd_us_mattress_odd

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Posted By: Alex - Wed Jul 15, 2009
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well, i'm guessin' that tire repair 'solvent' wasn't meant for in doors. he shoulda used fix a flat. :lol:

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 07/15/09 at 08:17 PM

Will definitely file that under useful information.

Posted by mdb777 on 07/15/09 at 09:26 PM

WTF?? The photo along with the story is about a women camping out for tickets. Good reporting, I'm sure.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 07/15/09 at 10:11 PM

air mattress is the common theme. it still makes no sense but... hey maybe those women lived in the building and had to camp out! 😜

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 07/15/09 at 10:32 PM

how much repair solvent did he use to fiil up his whole apartment with fumes?

Posted by Matt in Florida on 07/16/09 at 09:03 AM

rare for a German to make a mistake. (post WWII of course...)

Posted by mrjazz on 07/16/09 at 12:32 PM

maybe the fumes were trapped inside the mattress and couldn't disipate.
thanks wayne. 💋

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 07/16/09 at 09:37 PM

me thinks mrjazz is of german descent. 😉

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 07/16/09 at 09:41 PM

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