Many adhesive products and solvents produce vapors that cause flash fires, resulting in severe burns. You may be putting down carpet, restoring a chair or just puttering in your basement and mistakenly think you are perfectly safe, that you have opened all the windows and that the fumes are "evaporating" and airing out and won't cause problems.
What It Is Like to Be in a Flash Fire
But these chemicals are at their deadliest in vapor form. In fact, explosive vapors sink to the floor and remain extremely flammable. When they ignite from a pilot light, spark or match, they flash across considerable distances and burn at high temperatures, causing terrible burn injuries to the body.
"My own fire injuries occurred in 1992 when I was removing carpet-backing foam from an apartment floor," says Rich Webster. "I was using a solvent called acetone. I had turned off the lights and opened the windows and waited as instructed, but the vapor crept down a long hall and found a pilot light in a remote room and roared back to the vapor source. A wall of flame quickly engulfed me. It took me years to recover. That accident was the reason I became a lawyer — to represent other people who have been burned."
Vapor Fire Injury Attorney for Wisconsin
Many products fall into the category of chemicals that cause flash and vapor fires — toluene, acetone, denatured alcohol, lacquer thinner and xylene. But the labels do not always fully inform you of the dangers or how to prevent a catastrophe.
Flaming Chemical Accidents Attorney
We are a unique law firm that focuses on burn cases. Our practice is the direct result of the burns Rich Webster sustained in 1992, so we know what it means to be badly burned, and we use that knowledge while representing our clients to juries, judges, insurance adjusters and mediators.
Serving Burn Victims in Minnesota and Iowa, Too
We know you have experienced an enormous loss and are still suffering greatly. Our mission is to give you hope that life will get better and you will obtain justice.
Recovery is what Illinois burn attorney Rich Webster's practice is all about. Call or e-mail him to discuss your injuries. Let him assist you in your recovery.
