Man who survived sailboat explosion near Port Townsend shares story from burn unit

Walter Bastedo, his partner and their dog were all injured in the Sunday blast in Glen Cove.

GLEN COVE, Wash. — Two men are recovering at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after they survived a sailboat explosion and fire near Port Townsend on Sunday.

Walter Bastedo, 71, told KING 5 the explosion happened in “microseconds” as he was lighting the camp stove on the 50-foot wooden boat in Glen Cove.

“When I struck the lighter, it blew up. It caught me in the front and it caught my partner and it also burnt my dog,” he said. “It was extremely rapid, quick. I couldn’t

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