Citizen Staff Writer
SHERYL KORNMAN
skornman@tucsoncitizen.com
Two men cutting a 55-gallon drum in half to make a barbecue were injured Wednesday afternoon when the drum exploded, South Tucson police said.
The drum had contained kerosene. The men were using an electric cutter to split the drum outside a residence in the 1600 block of South Seventh Avenue in South Tucson, police said.
Kerosene vapors inside the drum apparently ignited and the drum exploded.
They were taken by Rural/Metro Fire Department medics to University Medical Center.
One of the men suffered a serious leg injury. The injury to the other man could not be immediately determined.
The explosion did not cause a fire.
The men were not publicly identified by South Tucson authorities.
Kerosene drum explosion injures two men