Two finishers were working with a chemical product on a parquet tile floor in a residential basement. The heavier-than-air vapors from the product accumulated and spread to an adjacent room where a gas-fired water heater was located. When the fumes reached the pilot light of the heater, they caused a fire. The fire flashed back along the vapor trail to the main room and engulfed the two men in flames. Both later died of burn-related injuries. One died of respiratory failure due to secondary infection from his burns. The other died of multiple system failure brought about by the burns covering […]