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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

       DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED) SEPTEMBER 7, 2000

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                             BLUE RHINO CORPORATION
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

     DELAWARE                       1-14133                      56-1870472
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(STATE OF OR OTHER                (COMMISSION                  (IRS EMPLOYER
  JURISDICTION OF                 FILE NUMBER)                 IDENTIFICATION
  INCORPORATION)                                                   NUMBER)

         104 CAMBRIDGE PLAZA DRIVE, WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA  27104
                 (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)        (ZIP CODE)

        REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE (336) 659-6900

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                                 NOT APPLICABLE
          (FORMER NAME OR FORMER ADDRESS, IF CHANGED SINCE LAST REPORT)



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                              ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS.

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                        PREFERRED STOCK PRIVATE PLACEMENT

On September 7, 2000, Blue Rhino Corporation announced that it has issued and
sold $10.3 million in shares of its Series A Convertible Preferred Stock to
institutional investors and certain individual investors at a price of $6.00 per
share. A copy of Blue Rhino Corporation's press release is attached as Exhibit
99.1.

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                               Item 7. Exhibits.

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99.1   Press Release issued by the Company on September 7, 2000




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                                   SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                       BLUE RHINO CORPORATION
                                             (Registrant)

                                       By: /s/ Mark Castaneda
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                                           Secretary and Chief Financial Officer

DATED: September 7, 2000