BLUE RHINO CORPORATION
                                                      104 CAMBRIDGE PLAZA DRIVE
                                                      WINSTON-SALEM, NC 27104
                                                      (336) 659-6900


AT THE COMPANY:
MARK CASTANEDA
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
(336) 659-6755


FOR RELEASE
MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2002


              BLUE RHINO COMPLETES $10.875 MILLION EQUITY OFFERING


WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., APRIL 22, 2002--BLUE RHINO CORPORATION (NASDAQ: RINO),
announced today that it has completed the sale of 1.5 million shares of its
common stock for $10.875 million in a private placement through SunTrust
Robinson Humphrey Capital Markets, as Placement Agent, to selected
institutional and individual investors at a price of $7.25 per share. The net
proceeds from the financing will be used to pay down existing debt and for
general working capital.

The shares of Common Stock issued and sold have not been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933 and may not be offered or sold in the United States
absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration
requirements of that Act. Blue Rhino has agreed to register the shares for
resale by the purchasers.




This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of
an offer to buy any security. All these shares having been sold, this
announcement appears as a matter of record only.