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- From: (MJ)
- Newsgroups: rec.pyrotechnics
- Subject: Tire Bomb
- Message-ID: <4374@eastman.UUCP>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 15:59:26 GMT
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- Today's Rochester, NY Democrat & Chronicle had a front page story about a
- guy who was fixing a tire on the front of a small pickup. He
- filled/inflated the tire with one of those cans of tire sealant (the
- flammable type). Then figured the best way to top it off was to use the
- oxygen tank from his Oxy-Acetylene torch set up. Everything was going fine
- until he attempted to put a plug in the tire. BOOM! This moron sustained
- the least amount of damage, his 12 and 13 yr old boys did worse. One is in
- critical condition. The picture of the front of the car showed a destroyed
- fender and crumpled hood. A neighbor from across the street was qouted as
- saying that the explosion made a 12 gauge sound like a pin dropping. The
- cops were quoted as saying that the can had a warning about not using
- oxygen.
-
- MJ
-
- [As if you didn't already know, my opinions are my own and not my
- company's.]
-