Boy Sparks Inferno with Paper Airplane

Reuters ^ | Thursday, March 13, 2003

[Willie Green]

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use.

BERLIN (Reuters) - A 12-year-old boy accidentally burned down a poolhouse and a summer pavilion with a flaming paper airplane, causing more than $40,000 in damage, police in southern Germany said on Thursday.

The airplane ignited a hedge next to the swimming pool building and summer house in the Bavarian town of Oberasbach on Tuesday.

By the time the fire services put out the blaze, both buildings were gutted and two garages slightly charred.

"The boy wasn't looking to start a fire," said police spokesman Dieter Eilert. "He just wanted to light his plane."

[Willie Green]

Another German kid is in deep doo-doo for pulling a similar stunt just yesterday:
Police Nab Boy Torching Goldfish with Flame-thrower

[agitator]

ping

[GSWarrior]

Burning airlines give you so much more.

[Frapster]

My brother and I nearly burnt down our house the morning after a candle-light new years service at church. We were lighting the candles from the pilot light in the utility room where mom did the laundry. After lighting his candle my brother held it high like the statue of liberty and caught some folded sheets on fire. We started running back and forth between there and the bathroom spitting mouth fulls of water on the flames eventually extinguishing them. While I think we were quite fortunate I've often contemplated how much water we actually spewed to keep the flames from overtaking the room.

After the fire we both escaped out into the snow to avoid the eventual discovery. Needless to say we were absolute idiots. It was a 2-story house and my parents and other siblings were upstairs. They didn't smell the smoke for some time. Unfortunately that was about the time we came walking back in. Boy did we catch heck.

[Paraclete]

I can relate. My cousin and I almost burnt down my grandfather's place experimenting with "torches" like we saw in the movies -- soaking rags in oil and putting on sticks. Boys and fire seem to go together.

[Johnny Gage]

I lit many a fire as a kid.

And people say that all fire fighters have pyro tendencies..

Makes ya go Hmmm.... *wink*

[annyokie]

My dad set the detached garage on fire while playing with matches, then rode his bike to town, told the fireman about the fire and rode home on the firetruck.

Ah, you boys!

[Voice in your head]

It's only a matter of time before the fart-lighting stories begin to surface.

[mjf]

Talk about irresponsible! The kid should know better!

He**, when I was a kid and Compte and I were lighting paper airplanes on fire we both carried dish detergent squeeze containers filled with water just in case we inadvertantly started a fire. That was responsible.

Of course, when the on fire plane landed on my little brother's head and we had to hose him down it became somewhat less responsible.

[headsonpikes]

Fire! Yee-Haw!

And it'll always be untaxed and legal!!!

;^)