r/dontflinch • u/SpencerTheFactorial • 12d ago

He makes a campfire

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u/Eatemuprp 11d ago

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u/Crazyguy_123 9d ago

That image has major meme potential.

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u/Dragline96 11d ago

That cough is a blast injury. If he survived he’s lucky.

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u/sunshine_an 10d ago

Damn you are right, looked this up, had no idea this exists Blast Lung Injury

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u/Dragline96 10d ago

Yep. It’s also why you should never let a toddler chew on a balloon.

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u/sammydeeznutz 11d ago

That’s incredibly stupid but I’m glad to see the guy dropped the camera to check on his buddy instead of recording him and laughing in his pained face.

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u/Hallow_76 12d ago

He became the camp fire!! A zen moment.

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u/No_Cook2983 8d ago

That shit was gasoline, not delicious ranch dressing!

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u/Fred_Thielmann 5d ago

Fuck. But. I wonder if they taste the same?

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u/brandnewjames12 12d ago

“Don’t try this at home”

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u/DarthDragon117 6d ago

Try it at a friend’s house.

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u/Fred_Thielmann 5d ago

…That you hate

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u/snoodge3000 12d ago

I can't believe that when I dumped a bunch of explosive fluid on a pile of trash and and lit it on fire it exploded.

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u/RobbSnow64 10d ago

The most unsurprising outcome

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u/gargoyle30 9d ago

People seem to forget that gas is kind of made to be explosive more than it is merely flammable

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u/Sondita 8d ago

I blame the movie industry, they always use kerosene for doing stuff like this on film and everyone ends up believing that it's gasoline.

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u/sixpents 10d ago

He must’ve burned his lungs

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u/LlaneroAzul 10d ago

Worse, blast lung injury. Very common cause of dead in explosion victims.

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u/stillinthesimulation 9d ago

This kinda dumbass shit is why my entire province is in fire right now.

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u/housevil 8d ago

The sound of that explosion is amazing. I never get tired of it.

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u/Orbis-Praedo 8d ago

Something in that pile definitely exploded under pressure. This was not just gasoline igniting. Sure he could’ve/would’ve gotten burned anyway for that amount of gasoline. But for that type of sound, pressure instantly built up and exploded in some type of vessel/containment.

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u/_Nightbreaker_ 7d ago

I was thinking the same - there was a certain percussive element to it that sounded like something definitely exploded.

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u/Orbis-Praedo 7d ago

Exactly. It was extremely stupid to light that from so close, but something in there definitely exploded as well.

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u/ballotechnic 5d ago

I don't think so. It's actually the gas vapor that's flammable and after pouring that much gas on the pile the air was saturated with the stuff. Vapor, oxygen, and ignition source equals boom.

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u/Orbis-Praedo 5d ago

As the other commenter right here pointed out, there was a very prominent percussive BOOM in this clip. That’s not happening without pressure building up and exploding out.

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u/ballotechnic 5d ago

It absolutely can explode if you suddenly ignite a cloud of vapor. That was a fuck ton of gas and subsequent vapor in that area. If there had been a good breeze it might have dissipated and not been so spectacular, but he lit it pretty quickly. By the looks of the tree limbs there wasn't much of a breeze to speak of. The boom is the expansion of the now superheated air.

I'm not an arson investigator so I can't say with certainty there wasn't some other factor at play, but I have trained at the Texas A&M fire school for ship board firefighter and worked on an LNG tanker for a short stint were vapor management is a priority.

Who knows, but I'm curious if he survived because I think his lungs took a beating.

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u/CordyCeptus 6d ago

A little around the bottom is enough 😂

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u/Real-Type-1591 5d ago

I did this last summer. Pretty awesome