Mountain hut goes up in flames as Pole mistakes kerosene for water

Kamnik, 23 October - A Polish mountaineer who put a pot of kerosene on the stove thinking it was water caused a fire that destroyed a newly refurbished mountain hut in the Karawanks in the north of Slovenia Friday night, but luckily she and her two underage sons had a narrow escape.

Kamnik The Kocbek mountain hut. Photo: Aljoša Rehar/STA

Kamnik
The Kocbek mountain hut.
Photo: Aljoša Rehar/STA

Kamnik The Kocbek mountain hut. Photo: Aljoša Rehar/STA

Kamnik
The Kocbek mountain hut.
Photo: Aljoša Rehar/STA

Kamnik The Kocbek mountain hut. Photo: Aljoša Rehar/STA

Kamnik
The Kocbek mountain hut.
Photo: Aljoša Rehar/STA

Kamnik The Kocbek mountain hut. Photo: Aljoša Rehar/STA

Kamnik
The Kocbek mountain hut.
Photo: Aljoša Rehar/STA

Kamnik The Kocbek mountain hut. Photo: Aljoša Rehar/STA

Kamnik
The Kocbek mountain hut.
Photo: Aljoša Rehar/STA

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