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School torched following Swedish teens' failed hand gel tests
The Local ^ | 30 Sep 09 | David Landes

Posted on 09/30/2009 4:01:59 AM PDT by Daffynition

Two teens playing with alcohol-based hand sanitizer inadvertently burned down a school in Södertälje, south of Stockholm.

“This is a case of youthful negligence,” Matti Paavo of the Södertälje police told the Expressen newspaper.

Back in August, the two boys, ages 15 and 16, decided to test the flammability of their newly purchased hand sanitizer by writing their names with the substance on windows and sections of the façade at the Hovsjö school.

They then set the script alight.

Believing the alcohol-based liquid l had burned out, the two youths then left the area.

But as it turned out, the flames continued to burn in a slow-burning and nearly invisible flame which eventually spread to the wooden panel trim on the building’s exterior.

From there, the fire then spread up the walls toward the roof, sparking a strong enough blaze that firefighters were called less than 10 minutes after the boys had initially sprayed hand sanitizer on the school.

And despite the best efforts of fire crews, the school was totally destroyed.

The two teenagers are now suspected of arson, although police don’t believe they purposefully burned down the school.

“It was a game. They have no other explanation other than that they wanted to test things out and see what happened,” Paavo told the newspaper.


TOPICS: Education; Science
KEYWORDS: handsanitizer
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The perps?


1 posted on 09/30/2009 4:01:59 AM PDT by Daffynition
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3 posted on 09/30/2009 4:22:33 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: Morgana

Am I stupid or something? Hand sanitizers will burn if exposed to fire? What does that say if a person is exposed to fire and he has sanitized his hands before?


4 posted on 09/30/2009 4:24:59 AM PDT by Buddygirl
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The sanitizers are alcohol based, which can burn when wet but evaporates quickly.


5 posted on 09/30/2009 4:32:40 AM PDT by JusPasenThru (Never let a good crisis go to waste.)
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Any time any school burns down, it’s good news. Especially if it’s a government school.


6 posted on 09/30/2009 4:43:15 AM PDT by Arthur McGowan (In Edward KennedyÂ’s America, federal funding of brothels is a right, not a privilege.)
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7 posted on 09/30/2009 5:02:38 AM PDT by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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8 posted on 09/30/2009 5:03:54 AM PDT by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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oh yeah. there’s been a lot of arguments between health officials and fire officials about having hand sanitizers everywhere. altho there’s great benefit to having them everywhere, every one is a fire hazard.


9 posted on 09/30/2009 5:04:17 AM PDT by absolootezer0 (divorced, tattooed, pierced, harley hatin', meghan mccain luvin', smoker and pit bull owner.. what?)
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Or you could just drink them:

Prisoners found drinking anti-swine flu hand gel to get drunk

10 posted on 09/30/2009 5:08:33 AM PDT by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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11 posted on 09/30/2009 5:08:43 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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12 posted on 09/30/2009 5:14:51 AM PDT by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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13 posted on 09/30/2009 5:18:48 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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LOL


14 posted on 09/30/2009 5:29:32 AM PDT by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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15 posted on 09/30/2009 5:39:42 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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The other thing about alcohol is that it burns very cleanly with a wispy blue flame that’s very hard to see if there’s ambient light.

You could quite easily have a fire on you without even noticing it until it spread to clothing, etc.


16 posted on 09/30/2009 5:41:24 AM PDT by Claud
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NSFW
17 posted on 09/30/2009 5:54:48 AM PDT by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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18 posted on 09/30/2009 6:08:54 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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The perps.



19 posted on 09/30/2009 9:15:37 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Crazy is the new sane.)
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I’ll be adding that into today’s homeschool lesson...it transitions nicely into a discussion of why Ferrari would want Alonzo after his dealings with McLaren & Renault.


20 posted on 09/30/2009 9:24:05 AM PDT by FourPeas (Why does Professor Presbury's wolfhound, Roy, endeavour to bite him?)
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