Flamejetting

[midwestFCO]

Wasn't sure where else to post this, so I chose here. This information came to me in a daily update from firefighterclosecalls.com

Pretty interesting thing about "flamejetting" as the ATF is calling it. I know of at least one fire where there were some kids burned doing this (mostly 2nd degree burns, very lucky). Of course, like the story says, it was quite a while ago and what appeared like an isolated incident is perhaps a little more common than we thought.

http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/news/region/baltimore_county/atf-studies-fire-phenomenon-that-a-burned-baltimore-county-teenager

http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/news/local_news/investigations/atf-studying-and-recreating-flame-jetting-phenomenon-which-severely-burns-essex-teenager

 

[mark handler]

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[tmurray]

It looks like the fire climbs the fumes up to the container, then the fumes in the gas can ignite and expand expelling the burning fumes.

Exactly like how a rocket engine works.