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Originally Posted by Jolly Amaranto

We had an old utility shed at the Armadillo Ranch in Central Texas that was infested with wasp hives and mice. It was one of those barn shaped deals that was on skids. We towed it out into the middle of a field to burn it. My son and nephews decided to make it into a spectacular bon fire. The plan was to hang a gallon glass jug full of gasoline with a rag in the top, Molotov Cocktail style, in the middle and break it with a rifle shot from a distance away. On a cold November evening they lit the rag and retreated. My nephew used his M1 Garland to shoot through the window but the shock wave blew the flame on the rag out and there was no ignition. What to do now. The back up was a roman candle. My son lit off the roman candle and started launching fire balls at the window from about 20 feet away. All of a sudden one wall of the shed was coming right at him while the roof went straight up while the other three walls blew out in the other quadrants. They had created an air fuel bomb. After things settled down they dragged all the walls back and piled them onto the pyre.

I did something similar but on a much, much, MUCH smaller scale once with an empty soda cup from a fast food place and a little quick start spray (ether). I sprayed some in the cup (just a little), put the lid and straw back on and lit a match near the end of the straw. The top and straw blew off with a lovely little fireball. No damage to anything or anyone, even with me being at ground central.