We’ve talked about this many, many times, but an evergreen piece of advice is, “If you see a fire, go in the other direction.”

Are fires cool to look at? Yes. Will bad things happen to you if you stay close to a fire? Almost surely yes. Fires have a tendency to spread, and every once in a while, that spread will land on something explosive — which, in turn, can cause things like propane bottles to become rockets, as this video shows.

Here it comes. Propane tank! pic.twitter.com/uQTpKtsEEw

— austin frisch (@realaustinzone) June 19, 2025