htuchnews.com: 2 men burned in Wash. state methanol explosion

[Thiebear]

http://www.hutchnews.com/OddNews/2-men-burned-in-Wash--state-methanol-explosion

Fark.com: FAIL: Unless your name is Wile E. Coyote, don't put four gallons of methanol in a 55-gallon barrel, ignite it, and expect to ride it across a parking lot like a rocket.

2 men burned in Wash. state methanol explosion

SEDRO-WOOLLEY, Wash. - Two men who were apparently trying to take an unusual thrill ride were seriously injured in an explosion at a shop that builds and services race cars in Washington state.

Fire Chief Dean Klinger told the Skagit Valley Herald the men put about four gallons of methanol in a 55-gallon barrel in the parking lot Sunday night, sat on top and lit it for a "barrel ride."

Klinger says, "Apparently it was supposed to slide across the parking lot like a rocket. Instead, it blew up."

He says one end of the barrel flew 120 feet.

The men were responsive when paramedics arrived at Funk Racing. They were taken to a local hospital, then flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with severe burns.

I like how Fark summed it up nicely.

[twa]

Thank God for people like this

they make me seem sane and responsible:ols:

[CBass1724]

Thank God for people like this

they make me seem sane and responsible:ols:

Plus they also provide great entertainment for me while at work.

[Johns Bass]

People who jumped outta the gene pool here landed up in Sedro-Woolley...

...did the barrel say 'Go Seahawks' on it by any chance???

[Corcaigh]

Amateurs ... not that it didn't work, but that no-one was videoing it for Youtube.

[twa]

I would pay to see that one