Two brothers were burnt when a candle they were using to light their way along a drain caused gasses in the drain to explode.13 year old John Alison burnt while playing in a drain with his brother Suphi pictured at his Merrylands home.John Alison ... "Sup

Two brothers were burnt when a candle they were using to light their way along a drain caused gasses in the drain to explode.13 year old John Alison burnt while playing in a drain with his brother Suphi pictured at his Merrylands home.John Alison ... "Suphi didn't cars about himself at all".The young victim of an under-ground gas explosion bravely took the full force of the blast to save his younger brother.Suphi Alison, 14, was badly burned as the fireball erupted through the storm water drain in Sydney's western suburbs.His younger brother John, 13, escaped with lesser burns after a candle they had been using to search for a cricket ball ignited a gas pocket. January 12, 1987. (Photo by Barry James Gilmour/Fairfax Media via Getty Images).