[BBell]

The only thing dumber then a teenage boy is a group of teenage boys so teenage boys should be exempt from Darwin awards.

[rarestia]

FIVE GALLONS?! Holy cow! The conflagration from that must’ve been quite the spectacle.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Really sad. When I played with fire, I made a few observations about flammable liquids. Like, squeeze the charcoal lighter can in bursts, don’t generate a steady stream. A five gallon jerry can... jeezus!

[COBOL2Java]

[COBOL2Java]

"The investigation revealed that Sam and two other teens were trying to ignite some type of paper near a deck to the home, Christian said. When the paper did not burn rapidly enough, the victim picked up a five gallon can of gasoline and dumped it on the small fire. The gasoline exploded and showered the victim with flames."

Oh dear Lord. Prayers for the family. He must have suffered terribly.

[Will88]

How had this boy not been taught about the dangers of gasoline? If you need to start a fire, reasonable amounts of charcoal starter does a good job with a small fraction of the explosiveness of gasoline.

[RandallFlagg]

Looks like Uncle Rob’s gettin’ sued soon...

https://youtu.be/_-qaC3NJ5ww

[Darksheare]

This is the “Tide pods are delicious” generation after all.

[Eddie01]

Dumb but still sad.

[al baby]

We need to limit the size of jerry cans to 1 pint

[DannyTN]

There but by the grace of God go I (and my brother).

We were always lighting 10 foot piles of pine straw with gasoline and kerosine. Pine straw doesn’t really need anything to help it, but where’s the fun in that.

Once I saw my brother pour gasoline or kerosine on a pile and about the time he got ready to light it, I noticed this low level fog about 8 inches off the ground had formed in about a 40 foot radius. And he was standing in the middle of it.

I started to say something, but it was too late. He lit it and was standing in a lake of fire. He looked around and started high stepping it out of there.

I’m still laughing about it 40 years later.

[Dilbert San Diego]

Pray for his soul and his family. How sad but by that age, he should know the danger he was in.

[SJSAMPLE]

I honestly don’t know how I’m alive today.
I played with fire and gasoline as a kid and made some really stupid decisions.
Just lucky, I guess.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

Now, we’ve got to outlaw gasoline so this never happens again. That’s what the Parkland kids would want.

[dfwgator]

If only we had electric cars, we wouldn’t have needed gasoline and this tragedy could have been averted....I blame Big Oil! Let’s March on Washington!

[buffaloguy]

Just what is it that they teach children in Junior High nowadays? They used to teach us basic safety and pouring gasoline on a fire or using it to start a fire was a big no-no.

[Nifster]

Which is why we don’t let them make policy

[csvset]

Recently a local man tried to light a fire in a boiler using gasoline. Same result, explosion.

Man suffers severe burns after gas explosion near Suffolk airport

[Oscar in Batangas]

Insert “They blow up so fast these days” comment here???

[DuncanWaring]

There but for the grace of God .....