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I was fiddling with my collection of alcohol stoves this afternoon. I decided to run time-to-boil tests, and when I came to my last stove, a White Box. I was low on fuel. I was using a BIC lighter and was having trouble getting the alcohol in the stove to light, so in a moment of gross stupidity I tilted the stove. Bad idea. It lit, but the sudden increase in pressure caused alcohol to squirt out some of the flame ports and immediately catch fire. On my thumb and back of hand. And a bit on my cotton shirt. Luckily I was running the tests on top of the washer, so I flushed the alcohol and exposed skin with copious quantities of cold water. No grievous damage done, but my shirt has a scorch mark.
To quote Ellen Ripley, "Lucky lucky lucky."
BTW, no drinking alky was involved in this mishap.
http://whiteboxalcoholstoves.com/
To quote Ellen Ripley, "Lucky lucky lucky."
BTW, no drinking alky was involved in this mishap.
http://whiteboxalcoholstoves.com/