Man Pours Gasoline on a Grill, Immediately Learns Why You Don’t Do That

The fire travels back up the gas, you see.

By Braden Bjella

Published 4 months ago in Ouch

There’s a reason they say you’re supposed to put lighter fluid on the wood *before* you light it. If you squirt it on a lit fire, there’s always a chance that the fluid itself will ignite and travel back up the stream into the can — and, well, explode.


Given that little anecdote, I’m sure you have absolutely no idea what happens in this video! Just kidding, some dude nearly burns his face off because he doesn’t understand how fire works. 

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