UK: Man hurt in fuel-making explosion

A man blew up his garage attempting to make biodiesel from cooking oil at his Northamptonshire home.

The victim received 20% burns when his makeshift garage factory, in Middleton Cheney, exploded on Saturday afternoon.

It is understood the man regularly made fuel from used cooking oil, which he got from his local Chinese takeaway.

Making your own fuel is legal – the government allows people to produce 2,500 litres of biofuel a year, tax free.

The AA has said more people are making their own supplies since the price of petrol and diesel began to soar at the pumps – with one estimate suggesting that 20,000 people across the UK are doing so.

Oxfordshire County Council Fire and Rescue Service warned that people without sufficient knowledge of how to deal with chemicals were likely to face problems.

BBC