Rod Goke may remember this event. I forwarded this death or injury by fire thread to another old Florida caver and he wrote back with a good old tale I'd forgotten about:
"Subject: RE: Flaming near death in a Cave Do you remember the exploding Flash Attachment I had on one caving trip? It turned out that gas from my carbide lamp probably seeped into the flash attachment & when I took a picture the electrical spark within the Flash Attachment caused the explosion. The sound was more frightening than the explosion. " I'm surprised I forget that one, because like Steve says, there was quite a loud blast. No injury, but I do believe that was the last time he could use that flash attachment. Roger Moore GHG
