[Dark Knight]

Jenkins, a methane power plant operator with North West Fuels Development Inc. <<

He knew it was explosive, he knew what is smelled like, and he lit a lighter.

Tobacco addict!

DK

[RhoTheta]

Actually, methane gas is odorless. Natural gas, as sold by gas utilities for home cooking and heating has odorant added so that it has a "characteristic smell", but the smell is the odorant, not the methane.

I had to read this article over several times to pick up on the detail that it was methane external to the Porta-Potty that caused the problem. I wonder if it was this guy's job to do the maintenance that would have prevented this methane leak. The OSHA report will be interesting...