This was in today's Sacramento Bee (April 21). Anyone know anything more about this? Antelope is a suburb northeast of Sacramento, California.
***********************************Badly burned rocket hobbyist dies By Elizabeth Hume -- Bee Staff Writer Published 2:15 am PDT Friday, April 21, 2006 SACRAMENTO - A man severely burned while building small rockets in his Antelope garage earlier this month died Wednesday night in UC Davis Medical Center, authorities said.
Robert Wayne Compton, 62, was in his garage on Grey Livery Way when the fire started about 7:30 p.m. April 9. The fire was quickly put out, but Compton was severely burned, Sacramento Metro Fire District officials said.
Compton was transported to the Medical Center with burns over more than
30 percent of his body.An investigation indicated Compton was distilling hydrogen peroxide just before the blaze, district spokesman Engineer Christian Pebbles said.
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