Exhibit 23.3



                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
                      ----------------------------------

To the Board of Directors and
 Shareholders of Blue Rhino Corporation:


We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 for the Blue Rhino Corporation Employee Stock Purchase
Plan of our report dated September 22, 1998 (except as to the information
presented in Note 21 for which the date is February 8, 1999) relating to the
consolidated financial statements which appear in the Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended July 31, 1999. We also consent to the incorporation by
reference of our report dated September 22, 1998 (except as to the information
presented in Note 21, for which the date is February 8, 1999) relating to the
financial statement schedule, which appears in the Annual Report on Form 10-K.

                                                /s/ PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

January 3, 2000
Greensboro, North Carolina