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Fire Safety
« on: July 29, 2013 »
There was a story on the BBC news website over the weekend about a GP who wanted to burn garden rubbish and used petrol to start the fire. Tragically, he died after 2 weeks in intensive care after the fumes ignited engulfing him in a ball of fire.

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Mrs Peel said: "It had started to rain and I suspect the pile he had made got wet and he decided to give it a helping hand - he would never have thrown petrol onto a lit bonfire.

"What happens is the vapour from petrol spreads around the ground, clings to your clothes and when he lit the bonfire he was enveloped in a ball of flame."

I've never used petrol to start a fire, I have used meths or multifuel in small quantities in emergencies but I honestly never realised that there was this much of a risk from petrol, it seems like something we should (sensitively) discuss from a safety perspective.
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Re: Fire Safety
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2013 »
Not nice....

Fuel burns....fumes go boom.

Pour it on and light it quick, take too long or use to much fuel, bad stuff's going to happen.
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Re: Fire Safety
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2013 »
I'll have to assume this chap was plain old uneducated about such things as it would be sheer insanisty to do it knowing anything about flammable liquids. I would never use anything like real fuel for fires, it's just too risky. Even meths/etc can catch you out if your not careful. With meths i always use a little less than i think i need, never top up a light stove and always allow it to burn out. I've messed about with meths and the like before and even that will try to ignite up a squirted blast. It will act like a river of fire if you tip it out.

Oh and my fuel is always stored in a drybag in its own pocket, the last thing i want is to flick a firesteel to make a brew, only to get burned because the fuel leaked onto a wolly hat etc.

But with the amount of explosions on telly and films you have to wonder what goes through someones mind to believe pouring petrol on a fire is the right action.
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