Have you ever poured gasoline all over a strangely arranged pile of wood, stuck a lit lighter in, add wood for a bit, and then threw sand all over the fire? We have. It was our equinox bonfire. The day before, we had put wood in a box shape. The next day, we put gasoline on it. When it was lit, there was a tower of fire. Never have I heard the whoosh of gasoline catching ablaze outside of the movies. when we were done, we got the bucket we had brought, filled it with water, and dumped it. Then, we used the bucket to dump sand on it now, our impressive, huge, bonfire is: a mound of sand.
--By Rigel
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Gasoline? well, it gets a fire lit really fast, but it's far too volatile and therefore dangerous for my liking. When you want to light it, you can be several feet away with a match and vapors can be around you, and you get the whoosh all around your hand and match without really approaching the fire. I prefer kerosine or parafin oil as they call it in England. Glad you took appropriate precautions laying sand on it to make sure it was out.
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