A 62-year-old <keyword id="15091" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Ohio">Ohio</keyword> man narrowly escaped with his life after he ran over a propane tank that fell off the forklift he was operating today.
The tank exploded, creating a <keyword id="1278516" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="fireball">fireball</keyword> that barely missed a passing car. The driver was burned, <a href="http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/bizarre&amp;id=9318701#&amp;cmp=twi-kgo-article-9318701" target="_blank">according to ABC</a>, but he was released from the hospital this morning.
Here's the video, via ABC:
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Forklift Operator Runs Over Propane Tank And Narrowly Escapes Exploding Fireball [VIDEO]

A 62-year-old Ohio man narrowly escaped with his life after he ran over a propane tank that fell off the forklift he was operating today. The tank exploded, creating a fireball that barely missed a passing car. The driver was burned, according to ABC, but he was released from the hospital this morning. Here's the video, via ABC:

A 62-year-old Ohio man narrowly escaped with his life after he ran over a propane tank that fell off the forklift he was operating today. The tank exploded, creating a fireball that barely missed a passing car.

Forklift Operator Runs Over Propane Tank And Narrowly Escapes Exploding Fireball [VIDEO]

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