Madison resident Jonathan Woods has just minor burns on his arm to show after his grill caught fire earlier this week.
Woods suspects a faulty regulator was the reason for the fire, which shot from beneath the grill into his face before overtaking the grill itself.
“I came out, opened the grill up, looked underneath, opened the tank up, listened very carefully just to make sure there was no leak or anything,” Woods said Saturday. “All of the sudden, I hear (a noise), and I go, oh boy, because I know that’s a gas leak.” Woods moved the grill away from his house before attempting to turn the gas off with a towel. When that didn’t help, he grabbed multiple fire extinguishers from his home and was able to put out the flames before firefighters arrived.