This is pretty common, especially when using petrol/gasoline as the accelerant. There’s two big mistakes people seem to make:
- they’ll start the fire then pour on the accelerant and the fire will travel back up the stream because it’s not a ghost
- they don’t realize that the fumes are also flammable, so the fire can easily jump from the pooled accelerant via the evaporating gas to them and the container of more accelerant they’re holding, resulting in an exciting light show if you’re outside of the blast zone
In other words, ha-de-fucking-ha.
The article with video:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-09/man-accidentally-lights-himself-on-fire-in/104797980
Did he try put it mate out while holding the fucking jerry can?
People don’t know how to work with fire and petrol
While on a fishing camp at lake Eucumbene I watched the next camp over on their last night try to burn their remaining 2-stroke fuel
They upended the fuel tank above the fire, setting fire to the fuel tank
The man then dropped the tank and kicked it away, lighting up his shoe
His mates extinguished him
“Suspected”
Damn he’s good
can’t get him to testify if he’s in a burn ward
He died doing what he loves.
The brightest candles burn the fastest?
The candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long
Er, some problems solve themselves? Is there a more inflammatory way to call for mental health care?
A smidge further down the page: “We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work.” Nice! Good on ya ABC!
inflammatory
Heh…
CCTV footage showed two people approaching a fast food outlet with a jerry can of flammable liquid and attempting to set the shop alight.
So this like a gangland thing yeah?
“One last job… For old times sake.”
