He wants to warn people about what they should and should not put in their garbage.

"You know, I saw my partner, he was on the ground, and you know, after I was starting to realize we just got blown up."

Back in July, Curtis Phipps and his partner were at 9th and Abert when something blew up in their garbage truck. The explosion was caught on video. 

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Phipps was not hurt, but his partner had to be hospitalized.

Officials say someone put pressurized oxygen canisters in their trash, and they exploded as the garbage was being compressed. Phipps wants people to know that putting pressurized tanks in the garbage is very dangerous.

"Any tank, anything that contains gas, it's capable of exploding and injuring us, or any person that does what we do," Phipps said. "So don't put tanks in the garbage."

He says he's spoken with his partner, who tells him he's doing fine.

Officials say compressed gas cylinders that are confirmed empty can be taken to these locations:

• Milwaukee Self Help Facility
• 3879 W. Lincoln Avenue, Milwaukee
• Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 7 a.m.-3 p.m.
• 414-225-2066
• Northern Facility
• W124 N9451 Boundary Road (124th Street), Menomonee Falls
• Monday and Wednesday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturday, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
• Southern Facility
• 10518 S. 124th Street, Franklin
• Tuesday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturday, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
• Miller Compressing
• 1900 W. Bruce Street, Milwaukee
• 414-671-5980

For full, partially full or unknown tanks

• Set Environmental Inc.
• 9730 S. 20th Street, Oak Creek
• 414-761-9316