I grew up doing stupid crap like this but it seems like kids today have zero concept of the physics involved in everyday life.
The stupid, it burns!
Literally, in this case.
A few years ago, a local man almost killed himself lighting a brush pile, as the vapors ignited....and the flames went into his mouth and lungs!
I think our modern lifestyle leads us to forget that some things are actually dangerous. Everything has a warning label on it...so nobody pays attention to any warning labels...and somehow we are slowly losing common sense.
The sidings were not the sharpest tools in the shed or what ever may be left of their shed.
at least the idiot that fueled the fire went too... Most people do not understand that gasoline vapor mixed with air is a fuel-air bomb waiting for a spark to set it off. One gallon of gasoline (vaporized and mixed with the correct amount of air) has the explosive force of about 70 lbs of TNT.
Play with it incompetently, and it can ruin your whole day...
They probably think: a burning liquid, what’s the big deal??
Without being aware of the cloud of fumes that are also involved.
Well the Blewitts, they blew it. Literally.
An explosion that throws wood a 100 yards...
What kind of dumbass puts that much gasoline on a woodpile ?
It must have been several gallons at least
God rest their souls. Having survived more stupid stunts than I can count I will not judge them.
Not-A-Ping....
Nothing like a FAE (Fuel Air Explosive) Bomb to loosen up the neighborhood. Bet it took care of the gophers in the backyard!
Despite regular warnings from fire departments about the dangers of using gasoline as an accelerant, people choose to ignore the dangers and continue to do so...
Gasoline is an extremely energy-dense flammable liquid motor fuel...It has no other real purpose...Yes it can and has been used as a solvent, and as an accelerant for recreational fires, but doing so often comes with tragic outcome...
Gasoline poured in the open air evaporates and mixes with air rapidly...It is this volatility that makes it such a good motor fuel...A vapor cloud is formed...If lighting conditions are right, the shadow of the vapor cloud can be seen...
Somewhere within this cloud the fuel/air mix is within the flammable range, neither too rich nor too lean to burn, and if an ignition source is introduced, combustion is explosive...One gallon of regular gasoline has the explosive energy of 85 pounds of dynamite!
And if the person introducing the ignition source is standing within the vapor cloud when it ignites, he is toast...Literally...
It was once common for fire departments to use gasoline to ignite training burns...Too many firefighters were horribly burned or killed before the practice was curtailed for obvious reasons...It is an extremely unsafe practice...
Seems crazy things like this have to occur on a periodic basis so people learn a lesson...A wise man observes and learns from the mistakes of others...Some folks, sadly, will never learn...
RIP...
Well, they didn’t follow the first rule of bonfire safety: light the bonfire first, THEN pour on the gasoline.
Has anyone considered how ironic their name is Blewett?
It is similar to other events as such as bobbit having something cut off....
One more reason for Obama to ban gasoline. Not only does it run those damn polluting cars, it kills children.
We need to ban fire.
Best fire starter is corn oil and sawdust. Mix it right, put a small pile (baseball) in the middle, make a trail to the outside of the pile. Stack wood / trash around and over the top of the starter pile. Light and watch from a safe distance.
poor kids...I hope it was instantaneous & without suffering.
Prayers for the family.
What a terrible shock - many sad days ahead
Indian make small fire, little wood, sit close, talk low and listen; white man build big fire, much wood, stand far way, scream like wildcat in heat to be heard.
A unfortunate reminder to fathers to educate the kids.