This is a quickie video. I put it together over the last 3 days. Before that my face was burned too bad to put on the camera. I was filling my lighter with butane, and overfilled it a bit. No problem. Then I grabbed the candle I wanted to light. No Problem. THEN... I leande over the candle so I'd be able to line up the flame with the wick whenever my lighter would quit blowing off the extra fuel. When I pulled the trigger to light it, there apparently was a "puddle" of fuel between me and the candle. AND there was also a puddle of oxygen mixing with it. I didn't know any of that till it was FAR TOO LATE!!! When it flashed into a ball of blue-white fire, I inhaled it into my nostrils without thinking. It was seeking the source of the oxygen, and it found it inside of my nose. That made another problem, because I couldn't put the flames out with my hands. As the skin melted into my hands I remembered the 5 gallon water bucket I keep for my dog. I literally DIVED face-first into the water bucket to put out the fire that had just kept growing bigger every second. It took less than 10 seconds start to finish, and as i grabbed the ice to put on it I knew I had to go to the hospital. I'll have to do another video later with the details.
Rating: User: caveman1113 2007-12-26T12:27:55.393Z
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