Barbeque explosion injures Winnipeg man on Hawaiian vacation
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Darren Stevenson was barbecuing at a resort in Maui on Thursday when the explosion happened, according to a friend.
A Winnipeg man vacationing in Hawaii has an uncertain future after a suspected gas explosion in the grill area of a Hawaii beachside resort left him with broken bones and significant burns.
Darren Stevenson was barbecuing at a resort in Maui on Thursday when the explosion happened, his friend Randy Van de Mosselaer — who was with Stevenson until a day before the incident — told Global Winnipeg.
Van de Mosselaer said there’s still a lot of unknowns about his friend’s condition, but said it looks like he’s going to survive his injuries.
“He’s got complex fractures to his upper body, his head, his lower body, and about 15 per cent of his body is suffering from burns,” he said.
According to hotel management and police on Maui, the explosion injured seven people, three critically, including Stevenson.
Van de Mosselaer said his friend was airlifted from Maui to Oahu, and he’s been in care there since.
“He’s going through several surgeries, and the big right thing now is that it looks like he’s going to survive the situation.”
Police said the official cause is under investigation, and witnesses had indicated “a possible grill malfunction” before the explosion.
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