Posted on 02/22/2022 12:46:11 AM PST by nickcarraway
A Brigham Young University student was brewing homemade rocket fuel on a dormitory stove when the concoction suddenly exploded into a massive “fireball,” according to campus police.
The blast from the experiment-gone-wrong set off fire alarms and sprinklers at Heritage Halls around 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, flooding parts of the building, BYU police said. Campus police and The Provo Fire Department responded to the scene.
“The flames from the explosion had engulfed the walls and ceiling around the stove and the intense heat tripped the fire sprinkler system. Firefighters quickly secured the scene and were able to put out the remnants from the fire,” police wrote in a statement.
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BYU = Blowing Youths Up.
Ooopsie.
Shoulda been more careful, and also shoulda done it in the lab.
Isn’t that how Wernher von Braun got his start?
If you could hie to Kolob
In the twinkling of an eye,
And then continue onward
With that same speed to fly,
Do you think that you could ever,
Through all eternity,
Find out the generation
Where Gods began to be?
SHELDON!
not my idea of massive.
Massive?
I really wish people would pull their heads out of their @55es and learn how to film (and take pictures) using LANDSCAPE instead of PORTRAIT.
Probably sugar-potassium nitrate. Melt the sugar in a pan and then add the saltpeter. Used to make it all the time on my parents’ stove. Just gotta be careful.
I think they are generally nice people but... Kolob... [shakes head].
When I went to college they knew enough to keep us kids away from cooking and instead forced us to eat the horrific (union made) cafeteria ‘food’.
“Massive?”
Looks like 99% of the damage was water induced. Be nice if those sprinklers had a way to shut them off.
“SHELDON!”
That was actually Leonard, Walowitz and Rajeesh. Sheldon sacrificed the elevator but saved the day.
Beat me to it...
We do that too.... didn’t know it could do that.
Guess it makes sense, now that I think about it.
And that’s how we do pyrotechnics at the Sarcazmo household. Do, THEN think.
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You can spot the perps by their lack of eyebrows.
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