Michigan Man Severely Burned After Pouring Gasoline on Tree Stump Fire
By Mary Mitchell
Published on August 24, 2006
According to a neighbor, Tenbrink often burned trash in a pit. On the night of August 8, the 46-year-old Tenbrink was burning a tree stump in the firepit, and he poured gasoline on the lit fire, apparently as an accelerant. The gasoline caused the fire to flare up, and Tenbrink incurred severe burns on roughly half of his body, particularly his upper body. Tenbrink was rushed to Holland Hospital, and later transferred to the burn unit of Spectrum Health-Blodgett Campus in East Grand Rapids. Holland Police Sergeant Drew Torres noted that using gasoline as a fire accelerant is dangerous.
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