Exhibit 23.3

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
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To the Board of Directors and
 Shareholders of Blue Rhino Corporation:

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form S-3 of Blue Rhino Corporation 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 of Blue
Rhino Corporation, which appear in Blue Rhino Corporation's Form 10-K for the
year ended July 31, 1999. We also consent to the reference to us under the
heading "Experts" in such Registration Statement.


/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Greensboro, North Carolina
November 9, 1999