notice all the little firebugs giving tips on what to do NEXT time short bus people try to start a fire...really i think they got it right folks , telling us deisel fuel or kero is better doesn't help this vid one little bit.
I love the school's response, "We are cancelling all bonfires going forward." Not, "We have safely had these bonfires for generations with no issues, we will investigate what went wrong here and insure it doesn't happen again. "
I witnessed the same thing at Duke in 1968, on the night before the UNC football game. The bonfire was far bigger than this one--railroad ties built 30 feet tall. By tradition, freshmen lit the bonfire with torches. Well, some idiot used gasoline instead of the far safer kerosene. Over a dozen freshmen, including a friend of mine, were momentarily subsumed in a fireball. My friend stumbled back to us and said, "Did you see that?" I responded, "Yes, and now we're going to the hospital." His shirt was gone, the remnants falling off in black flakes, though it did its job protecting his body. But his forehead and the backs of his hands were black with burns. He spent many weeks in the Duke University Hospital and lost an entire semester. I canceled Thanksgiving plans at home to stay and look after him. (He returned to school later, redirected from engineering to pre-med, and eventually became a very successful neonatal physician in Seattle.)
I have been burning landscape from around my property for 50 years., never had an explosion like that. Diesel fuel is what you use, not gasoline. My neighbor used gas when he cleared some of his land. The shockwave shook my house and cracked a window pane. I thought his house blowup. But it was him and some of his intoxicated buddies.
Pour on the diesel than use a road flare or propane weed burner for ignition. You can also use a charcoal chimmney of lit coals to lay on top of the diesel fuel.@@johnnyrambles
One of the demonstrations the L.A. fire department used to do for hospitals in the 80's was to put three drops of gasoline in a metal cylinder about 3 feet long and maybe an inch and a half in diameter. They put a stopper in the top tightly and then shook and agitated the tube to get the gas vapors mixed with the air. They then pulled the plug out of a tiny hole at the base and put a match next to the hole. It sounded like an M-80 going off and the rubber plug bounced off the ceiling into the audience. A nice flame shot out the top. Very impressive. There are 15,140 drops in a gallon. Say you have 10 gallons in your tank. Ka-boom.
I know of maintenance workers using gasoline to remove damaged guardrail posts in socketed holes. They'd pour a little gas into the hole, toss in a match, and the post would launch out.
My father always said you never play with fire. You don't play with gasoline. Of the few rare things that I listened to that was one of them. Never really needed a ' but how come'? on that one. Just took his word for it. I didn' t have to wait until high school or college to figure this one out but apparently there are some people who never got that advice. Not sure what the fascination is with fire, moths to a flame I guess?
LMBO!! There were two police officers standing just a few feet away from that explosion watching it! I bet they NEVER let anyone do that kind of sh*t again!!!!!! Hope they didn't get burned.
wow, im guessing they gassed it a bunch a few minutes prior, the fumes built up inside and boom, had no idea that could happen! neither did those 2 cops lol!
If you use gas for a fire you have a time limit on how long it can sit before you lite it. In this case the gas had time to build heavier than air vapors in the pit causing the rapid burn.
A basic understanding of gasoline was needed here. By contrast, you can light matches and throw them in a can of gas and nothing will happen. It's not the liquid that burns, it's when it becomes a gas, which these folks are brilliantly demonstrating here! It doesn't work like lighter fluid. The combustion of gasoline in gas form is what moves your car.
The design of the bonfire with the dirt berm around the base is part of the reason for the explosion. The berm likely captured the gasoline fumes creating a pool of gas and air that was ready to explode at the first spark.
One fall day when I was about 13 and I thought I would use a little bit of gas on a pile of wet leaves to get them to burn. Thank God I really used only a little, but the wet Maple and Ash leaves held in the vapors and created a mushroom cloud of wet leaves when I threw in the match. My dad came outside and called me a dumb ass, and I got to rake the leaves up all over again. This is what has happened to America. The generation that was so coddled as kids is now in charge and does stupid shit like this because they didn't learn it at 13.
Must be a very small fire dept, surprised they don’t have a sheriff cause it’s like Barney Fife lit that thing, probably smells like a burnt dog after that
Something similair happened at my school a while back, the only differences being that they did not mean for it to explode, and it happened *during prom.*
My fire department wrote me out a permission slip to use gasoline (white gas = the pure stuff) to light charcoal for the famous barbeques we have here. The secret is that you must pour the gas on, cap up the container and move it far away from the fire - and DON'T DAWDLE - LIGHT THE STUFF ! ! ! Nobody wants to taste nasty kerosene or diesel oil residue on their charcoal-broiled steaks !
Gasoline won't burn until it vaporizes. It vaporizes a lot faster when the air temps are high. Summer heat is a very bad time to be around gasoline. Since the vapors can't be seen people don't know how big the gasoline cloud is. The vapors have a tendency to follow the person who poured the gasoline. As soon as they light the match they are engulfed in flames and like dropping chicken skin into hot oil your skin will burn off in a second or two. Another problem with gasoline is that it doesn't get as hot as diesel does when it lights. That's because diesel has a much higher ignition point than gasoline.
Sooo Did they ever figure out what caused it to explode like that? Bc no way was that the result of just pouring gas on it Unless somebody left the whole can underneath the pile
Well.... They built a burm around the fire pit for some reason. As Gas fumes are heavier than air, they all settle within the burm. I am assuming all of the gas off gassed, so the whole area within the burm was all fumes. Once the fleer went in, all the fumes ignited, and it went BOOOOOOM.
Just in case you didn't know, gas fumes are heavier than air. With that 2 or 3 ft. berm around the pallets you had a real fume "collector" sitting there. And who knows how long that gas was in that pit evaporating before he threw that torch in.
I'm not trying to be critical. Just trying to figure out how this happened. A bonfire seems innocent enough. I'm guessing the dirt berm trapped gasoline fumes in such a way that they perfectly mixed with the air? Glad to hear no one was seriously injured by flying debris. No burns I guess. That's good.
Now we finally get to see the footage from McGyver’s high school experiment he was alluding to during the reboot of McGyver a few years ago with Lucas Till 🤣🤣
I think what's the most amazing is that both camera operators kept their aim at the explosion.
I was surprised 😲 at the end of the video how
It could be seen from space . LoL 😂
Free education is great..
notice all the little firebugs giving tips on what to do NEXT time short bus people try to start a fire...really i think they got it right folks , telling us deisel fuel or kero is better doesn't help this vid one little bit.
@@thedbcooperforum Like educating the arsonists and pyromaniacs who get their rocks off watching fires.
@@mhughes1160 Doesn't look like it's from space at all. Just an aerial shot.
The science teacher called off sick that day
I am pretty sure that guy failed science class.
@@AmericaOutdoors1 science class didnt teach me regular gas can do this.
U mean called out sick
@@bernadettepotenti301 there is a lot of ways to say it. The most common I hear is "called in sick"
😅😅
I love the school's response, "We are cancelling all bonfires going forward."
Not, "We have safely had these bonfires for generations with no issues, we will investigate what went wrong here and insure it doesn't happen again. "
Probably their insurance company told them to cancel the bonfires.
They probably did, but most likely concluded not to have bonfires ever again regardless of what came out of the investigation.
schools don't do that anymore. It's safer from their perspective to take away leisures of all students rather than discipline the parties responsible.
It is a reasonable decision. Gasoline has always been potentially explosive but IQ's have now dropped to dangerous levels.
Just like.my job. Always have to implement a new policy can't just accept the fact it happened and move on
Gasoline is not that dangerous, but the fumes from it sure are.
Yes gas doesn't burn, only the fumes or as some say the vapors .
If you drink it you will be convinced it's deadly.
I think they misunderstood the term "in moderation." 😆
@@lfecoyou're not supposed to use gas at all to start a fire.
That wasn't just gas.
I witnessed the same thing at Duke in 1968, on the night before the UNC football game. The bonfire was far bigger than this one--railroad ties built 30 feet tall. By tradition, freshmen lit the bonfire with torches. Well, some idiot used gasoline instead of the far safer kerosene. Over a dozen freshmen, including a friend of mine, were momentarily subsumed in a fireball. My friend stumbled back to us and said, "Did you see that?" I responded, "Yes, and now we're going to the hospital." His shirt was gone, the remnants falling off in black flakes, though it did its job protecting his body. But his forehead and the backs of his hands were black with burns. He spent many weeks in the Duke University Hospital and lost an entire semester. I canceled Thanksgiving plans at home to stay and look after him. (He returned to school later, redirected from engineering to pre-med, and eventually became a very successful neonatal physician in Seattle.)
Holly cow. I'm glad he was ok. I can only imagine what people today would say about burning railroad ties.
30 feet tall bon fire with rail road ties! That's like atomic bomb!
Green day made a song about your friends behaviour " American Idiot" I believe it was called. Smelled petrol fumes and STILL got closer??????
That's awful that he went to Seattle.
good times........good times............
a good lesson on why science is important.
My thoughts exactly. Maybe they better revisit the curriculum.
I was thinking all it takes is a bit of common sense.
No, brains.
Think ya used enough dynamite there, Butch?
Classic
Old person
Public education at it's finest..
Really !
And these are the people teaching our youth.
It would make for some good home defense propaganda. "America, where every high school student is trained in improvised explosives."
They invited the cops, but forgot to consult with the Fire Department. 🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
The guy that normally lights it was out that day.
A good sign, our tax dollars are being well spent!
"Now that's a fire!"
"Roll Eddie around, he'll be okay "
@@SlapthePissouttayew "Gus why is the fire so big? Look at Charlie standing over there with 3rd Degree Burns!"
@@BPJJohneatin’ a frank. 😂
"Get that lighter fluid outta my face!!"
Every muddafuckin year, Gus, ya burn down my muddafuckin back yard and your wife rips down my muddafuckin steps!
Love the first guy after that "holy shit..is anybody dead?" feeling that immediately shouts "YeeAAAAAAHHHH!"
they edited that part out!
I have been burning landscape from around my property for 50 years., never had an explosion like that. Diesel fuel is what you use, not gasoline. My neighbor used gas when he cleared some of his land. The shockwave shook my house and cracked a window pane. I thought his house blowup. But it was him and some of his intoxicated buddies.
🤣
Good times😂
Why diesel and not gasoline?
@@afridgetoofar1818 it all depends on how much balls you got, and how much hair on your balls your willing to lose.
@@spazemfathemcazemmeleggymi272 ok, I was hoping for a more scientific answer
Never use gasoline to start a fire diesel fuel is much less volatile
But diesel is not as exciting. lol
Mix a little gas with diesel and it works well. Straight diesel you might as well be pouring water on it, tough to get it to burn at all.
Pour on the diesel than use a road flare or propane weed burner for ignition. You can also use a charcoal chimmney of lit coals to lay on top of the diesel fuel.@@johnnyrambles
Exactly @@johnnyrambles
that's dangerous advise there. ANY fuel can cause an explosion and treat it as such.
The dirt they piled around it caused it. It caused vapors to accumulate in a dangerous concentration at the base of the wood pile.
Ok Einstien
@@John-te1kw See, even a dumbass like you can learn something.
A graduate of Mosley Highschool@@John-te1kw
Don't quit your day-job, Copernicus.
@@John-te1kw No prob, glad you got to learn something today.
So much better than computer generated images
That one guy in the background screaming _"YEEEEEAAH!!!!"_ XD
don't use gasoline, kids
The funny thing is that it was the cops that put the gas on this year. The guy that normally lights it was sick that day.
Short bonfire, but SPECTACULAR!
One of the demonstrations the L.A. fire department used to do for hospitals in the 80's was to put three drops of gasoline in a metal cylinder about 3 feet long and maybe an inch and a half in diameter. They put a stopper in the top tightly and then shook and agitated the tube to get the gas vapors mixed with the air. They then pulled the plug out of a tiny hole at the base and put a match next to the hole. It sounded like an M-80 going off and the rubber plug bounced off the ceiling into the audience. A nice flame shot out the top. Very impressive. There are 15,140 drops in a gallon. Say you have 10 gallons in your tank. Ka-boom.
I know of maintenance workers using gasoline to remove damaged guardrail posts in socketed holes. They'd pour a little gas into the hole, toss in a match, and the post would launch out.
bon fire naaaaa bomb fire ohhh yeaaaa lol
My father always said you never play with fire. You don't play with gasoline. Of the few rare things that I listened to that was one of them. Never really needed a ' but how come'? on that one. Just took his word for it. I didn' t have to wait until high school or college to figure this one out but apparently there are some people who never got that advice. Not sure what the fascination is with fire, moths to a flame I guess?
Ive been looking for the angle where the dude who lit it just casually walks while the thing explodes
It may be on Tik-tok. But they had all the students stand behind the fence. I don't think anyone was behind the guy lighting the fire was filming.
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LMBO!! There were two police officers standing just a few feet away from that explosion watching it! I bet they NEVER let anyone do that kind of sh*t again!!!!!! Hope they didn't get burned.
Did you seriously just censor an already-mild component of a common acronym?
Who are you trying to protect?! 😳
The guy who lit it off was a cop.
Went to high school down the street at Rutherford. Nice to see no one was hurt.
Hopefully it didn't ruin it for the other kids. These homecoming fires were always a good time and every kid should be able to experience them.
I was there actually it was crazy lmafo
@@_uh_kaylee_ I am sure it was a night to remember. Glad no body was hurt.
Bonfire? More like bombfire 🤌🤌🤌
Kids! Two of my buddies did the same thing..and now they look like Freddie from nightmare on elm street!! Play safe boys and girls!
The kids were all back on the football field. This was supposed to be trained professionals (coos and fire department). Thankfully, no one got hurt.
Just the science teacher just screwing around with his new "combustion droper"!.😅
And that substitute teacher was never invited back again.🤪
Bon fire safety 101 has be a class..
For those who think charcoal starter and gasoline are the same thing...
The good old days.
Wow, thanks for the best laugh in a while
BEST bonfire EVER!
wow, im guessing they gassed it a bunch a few minutes prior, the fumes built up inside and boom, had no idea that could happen! neither did those 2 cops lol!
You nailed it. Thankfully, no one got hurt. It could have been a huge disaster
I love how everyone starts cheering
The bleating of herd animals.
best cameraman ever
schooooOOoOol's OUT, for - EVA !! *BOOM*
I'd guess 10 gallons of gas when a few cups would've been plenty.
I wonder what happened to the fellow who threw the flare on it at the 3 second mark?
He had to have gotten singed at least…
Then a change of shorts!!
@@custommusic2433
That was educational!
If you use gas for a fire you have a time limit on how long it can sit before you lite it. In this case the gas had time to build heavier than air vapors in the pit causing the rapid burn.
It's not just homecoming, it's an adventure
Good times as long as nobody gets hurt.👌
That’s why they call it Octane! Hope the kid recovers!
Never Ever use gasoline to start a fire.
The vapors settle low and it is extremely dangerous.
If you notice, they had a burn around it that trapped in all the vapors.
The fumes from gasoline are explosive. Very dangerous.
A basic understanding of gasoline was needed here. By contrast, you can light matches and throw them in a can of gas and nothing will happen. It's not the liquid that burns, it's when it becomes a gas, which these folks are brilliantly demonstrating here! It doesn't work like lighter fluid. The combustion of gasoline in gas form is what moves your car.
The greatest thing I've ever seen
Hell yah!
Get a life.
The design of the bonfire with the dirt berm around the base is part of the reason for the explosion. The berm likely captured the gasoline fumes creating a pool of gas and air that was ready to explode at the first spark.
'Lets build a big wall around the base to keep all the explosive gases nice n tight.'
I say, what a splendid suaree we are having this evening to celebrate the opening of the americanized rugby seas--OH GREAT HEAVENS
One fall day when I was about 13 and I thought I would use a little bit of gas on a pile of wet leaves to get them to burn. Thank God I really used only a little, but the wet Maple and Ash leaves held in the vapors and created a mushroom cloud of wet leaves when I threw in the match. My dad came outside and called me a dumb ass, and I got to rake the leaves up all over again.
This is what has happened to America. The generation that was so coddled as kids is now in charge and does stupid shit like this because they didn't learn it at 13.
Did they win the game?
My high-school did a full semi truck full of pallets. I never attended but I'm pretty sure they had the fire department light it off.
The fire department usually lights this one, but the guy was sick, so they had a cop do it. lol
Must be a very small fire dept, surprised they don’t have a sheriff cause it’s like Barney Fife lit that thing, probably smells like a burnt dog after that
Their motto - There's no smoke without fire - There's no fire without petrol - There's no.....
Something similair happened at my school a while back, the only differences being that they did not mean for it to explode, and it happened *during prom.*
Wow good thing they built that dirt burm all the way around it.
WOOOOOOOOOH!!!
Reason #16,547 to not send your children to public school.
I remember times when ppl did not use any liquids to start the fire.
I like the view from space.
Thank you!
Hahaha. I think a lesson was learned here.
Don't pour gasoline on fires for a quick lite.
BOMBfire
Dubya says this is better than his shock and awe.
What about that guy?!?! Is he okay?
People loved it. 👍
Woooooooaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!!!!
Good one!
Woooo yeah! America!
That guy actually survived? 😮
"Hold muh beer an' watch this shit!"
Epic!
Is the guy who threw the flame still alive?
Yes. he came away unscathed
My fire department wrote me out a permission slip to use gasoline (white gas = the pure stuff) to light charcoal for the famous barbeques we have here.
The secret is that you must pour the gas on, cap up the container and move it far away from the fire - and DON'T DAWDLE - LIGHT THE STUFF ! ! !
Nobody wants to taste nasty kerosene or diesel oil residue on their charcoal-broiled steaks !
0:13 insert classical music
Too much gas..let it sit too long lol 1st year stuff boys
It's called a BOOMFIRE, not a BONFIRE people 👍🇨🇦
Love it! cheers 🍻
The drummers stopped their drum roll but where was the cymbal crash ???????????????
How did that happen?
They built a burm around the bottom that held in all the gas fumes.
Gasoline won't burn until it vaporizes. It vaporizes a lot faster when the air temps are high. Summer heat is a very bad time to be around gasoline. Since the vapors can't be seen people don't know how big the gasoline cloud is. The vapors have a tendency to follow the person who poured the gasoline. As soon as they light the match they are engulfed in flames and like dropping chicken skin into hot oil your skin will burn off in a second or two. Another problem with gasoline is that it doesn't get as hot as diesel does when it lights. That's because diesel has a much higher ignition point than gasoline.
Sooo Did they ever figure out what caused it to explode like that? Bc no way was that the result of just pouring gas on it Unless somebody left the whole can underneath the pile
Well.... They built a burm around the fire pit for some reason. As Gas fumes are heavier than air, they all settle within the burm. I am assuming all of the gas off gassed, so the whole area within the burm was all fumes. Once the fleer went in, all the fumes ignited, and it went BOOOOOOM.
@@AmericaOutdoors1 Nahh Still wouldn't have exploded like that Good theory though
Then how did it explode like that then?
someone decided to have the fire in a place where there was 20% oxygen in the air
the best bonfire ever
It surprises me that people underestimate the power of gasoline, especially if it has had plenty of time to vaporize.
Done the gas trick a lot but no matter how I fucked it up I never saw a flash and concussion like that. It must have been very still and very humid
Just in case you didn't know, gas fumes are heavier than air. With that 2 or 3 ft. berm around the pallets you had a real fume "collector" sitting there. And who knows how long that gas was in that pit evaporating before he threw that torch in.
@@nickyleblanc4200yep that’s why I said it had to be humid and very still that day. They both add to it
@@mzimm460 10-4
gasoline vs diesel
I like a little of both.
I'm not trying to be critical. Just trying to figure out how this happened. A bonfire seems innocent enough. I'm guessing the dirt berm trapped gasoline fumes in such a way that they perfectly mixed with the air? Glad to hear no one was seriously injured by flying debris. No burns I guess. That's good.
"Hey, watch this!"
Now we finally get to see the footage from McGyver’s high school experiment he was alluding to during the reboot of McGyver a few years ago with Lucas Till 🤣🤣
I'm looking through all the posts, and nobody has asked if that dude is still alive?
He was untouched. The burm directed the blast up and not out. It literally saved his life.
@@AmericaOutdoors1 I will take your word for it Mr. Outdoors.
Fantastic
My best friend who lives near there says the ground was shaking.
Def red state
Welp, umm I guess I won't need the marshmallows I brought
Learn something new everyday 😂
And that is why we don't use gasoline as a Firestarter 😅😅😅😅😅
Looks like an adult through the ignition system into the pile of wood. He'll be lucky if no one is injured!
That'll getter goin
Hold my beer watch this!
“DAMN KEN”
Rad!
I have not heard the word "RAD" in years.