What would happen if I dropped a lighter into the fire?

ArtyM

I was throwing some papers into a fireplace earlier and I almost dropped a cigarette lighter in too.
I assume it would have explodifed but I wonder how bad it would have been.
Are we talking brief fireworks or a scene from Apocalypse Now?
Has anyone ever done it, either accidentally or, for whatever bizarre reason, intentionally?

Nidge_Weasel

Why does nobody research these things for themselves.

desultory

It'd be a slight pop, might throw a few small coals out. Harmless really

paulmazz4

Throw one in and see

Alias G

It would go on fire....quite obviously.

punisher5112

Go on throw her in. You know you want to.

You know what you have to do ralphy burn em burn the house down.


Yes have done but for safety reasons would advise not to do it.

Also throwing unopened tin can of beans etc not good either.
Done this and blew Stanley range to bits.

What fun use to have burning things

wazky

Would quench the fire, fight fire with fire sure.

not yet

Why the fcuk have you got a fire going in mid june..?

Banjo String

The Internet would burn down. All of it.

LETHAL LADY

Did it by accident and within seconds there was a loud flash bang and that was it. The worst thing I threw in the fire was a couple of eggs . They took a few minutes to explode and the house stank of fart for the rest of the night.

Stheno

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

Did it by accident and within seconds there was a loud flash bang and that was it..

Yup same here

Many moons ago, one of my jobs at work was to burn the rubbish.
So I piled up all the boxes and stuff lit it and watched from a safe distance (or so I thought).

Then Had a 21 gun salute ( aerosol cans) as the cans whizzed past my head.

Someone had left a box of (full) lighter refill spray cans in the rubbish pile by mistake.

That wasn't the worst of it as in hindsight It was quite a dangerous place to have bonfires anyway. It was behind a petrol station and close to a heating oil depot. :eek:
Health and safety has come a long way since the 1970s

edit: Just imagine about 24 or so of these.

Mickey H

Kaboom!!

Sam Kade

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

Did it by accident and within seconds there was a loud flash bang and that was it. The worst thing I threw in the fire was a couple of eggs . They took a few minutes to explode and the house stank of fart for the rest of the night.

So you **** yourself with the fright :eek:

woodturner

Depends on how much gas was left in it.

woodturner

Depends on how much gas was left in it.

BorneTobyWilde

World War 3

LETHAL LADY

Sam Kade wrote: »

So you **** yourself with the fright :eek:

Yeah.... I blamed it on the eggs though.

Mickey H

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

Yeah.... I blamed it on the eggs though.

Good save.

JuliusCaesar

Depends on how much gas was left in it.

JuliusCaesar

JuliusCaesar wrote: »

Depends on how much gas was left in it.

When the gas gets above a certain concentration you can't smell it anymore, then it's deadly!

RealExpert

You have too much time on your hands

Umadbrah?

WHY THE FUK DO YOU HAVE THE FIRE ON IN SUMMER??

Umadbrah?

Umadbrah? wrote: »

WHY THE FUK DO YOU HAVE THE FIRE ON IN SUMMER??

Coz they don't have solar!

Arthur Beesley

wazky wrote: »

Would quench the fire, fight fire with fire sure.

I though we were supposed to fight fire with piss?

Mickey H

Arthur Beesley wrote: »

I though we were supposed to fight fire with piss?

Exactly. It's the only thing you're allowed to... you know...

Murt10

Years ago, we had an open fireplace at home. There was a very strong black mesh fireguard in front of it. The fire was lit and one of the kids, aged about 2, was sitting on the carpet in front of the fire.

A small battery had been left on the mantelpiece and somehow fell from there into the fire. There was a massive bang. It was just like a shotgun being fired indoors. Such was the force of the explosion, that there was a hole blown in the fireguard about 2 inches across, exactly like a shotgun or rifle would make.

The child was sitting exactly in front of where the hole in the fireguard was. I have no doubt, but that the battery would have gone in through one side of his head and out the other side, had the fireguard not been in place.

Lesson learnt. Despite their small size, batteries are very dangerous.

jamesbere

If you throw a lighter into a fire, it opens up a black hole.

Sephiroth_dude

KAAAAAAABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM

Is what I'm guessing would happen .

Il Trap

xzanti

Deleted User wrote: »

Why did I move back from the screen watching that doh

The Backwards Man

not yet wrote: »

Why the fcuk have you got a fire going in mid june..?

I light a fire every day of the year. Cheap hot water, nice glowing living room, no 1am chills when the temperature drops.

Why the fcuk wouldn't you light a fire in mid June?

Irishcrx

Friend of mine did it , here's how he looks now...sexy bloke..


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seagull

I know there was a welder left without a leg on one of the sites my dad worked on. He left a lighter in his pocket, and a spark hit it and set it off, and it blew his leg off.