If you own a can sure deorderant

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A teenager, Sean Davey, caused significant damage to his home while attempting to do laundry alone. He placed a basket of clothes on an electric cooker, accidentally turned on a hob, and left to meet friends. The heated ring ignited the clothes, which then caused a nearby bag of shopping to catch fire, leading to the explosion of a can of deodorant. This explosion resulted in £35,000 worth of damage, including blown-out windows and a cracked wall, and reportedly lifted the roof off the bungalow. The discussion highlights skepticism about the extent of damage caused solely by the deodorant can, suggesting that a chain reaction of events contributed to the destruction. The incident raises concerns about safety and the risks associated with flammable materials in homes.
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A teenager left at home while his parents were on holiday decided to do some washing - and ended up blowing the roof off and causing £35,000 of damage.

In a freak string of mishaps, Sean Davey, 18, left a washing basket full of clothes on top of the electric cooker. He then accidentally knocked one of the hob controls, turning on one of the rings, before going out to meet friends.
The heated ring set fire to the basket of clothes which, in turn, heated a nearby bag of shopping that his sister Nicky, 20, had left for her brother earlier in the day.

And that caused a can of Sure deodorant to explode with such force that it not only blew out windows but cracked a wall and even, briefly, lifted the roof off the bungalow.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/mai...CFGGAVCBQUIV0?xml=/news/2006/06/01/ndeo01.xml
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Yes, compressed, flammable gases in metal cylinders do tend to explode when heated. Astonishing isn't it.
 
This sounds like a job for Mythbusters!
 
Pengwuino said:
This sounds like a job for Mythbusters!

I would LOVE to see this on video. It would seriously make my week.
 
Pengwuino said:
This sounds like a job for Mythbusters!
I agree. Yes, a can of compressed gas would explode, and would do a fair bit of damage, and certainly the acceleration of the fire would have led to even worse damage, but I find it a bit hard to believe that the explosion of a can of deodorant would have enough force to lift the roof off of a house. A cracked wall, okay, especially if the can was close to the wall, but to have enough upward force to lift an entire roof...I'm not convinced.
 
It had to have been a chain reaction. Maybe the can started it, but then the stove itself went up or something.
 
"Electric cooker" does that mean oven? Why did he have his clothes on top of the oven?
 
theCandyman said:
"Electric cooker" does that mean oven? Why did he have his clothes on top of the oven?
1) Sounds like an electric stove.

2) Because he's 18, his parents were out of town, and he was preoccupied thinking about the friends he was going to meet up with.
 
Moonbear said:
1) Sounds like an electric stove.

2) Because he's 18, his parents were out of town, and he was preoccupied thinking about the friends he was going to meet up with.
Or the dryer was broken
 
  • #10
I can't believe one can of deodorant could do that much damage in a house. It can be bad inside a car with all the windows rolled up.

Anyone ever cook eggs in an aluminum pan on high heat for 6 hours?
 
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  • #11
This newspaper is full of BS and bad reporting. Sighhhhhhhhhh...
 
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cyrusabdollahi said:
This newspaper is full of BS and bad reporting. Sighhhhhhhhhh...
:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:
I thought that was the defintion of the Newspaper.
 
  • #13
cyrusabdollahi said:
This newspaper is full of BS and bad reporting. Sighhhhhhhhhh...
I see what you did there.
 
  • #14
Evo said:
Anyone ever cook eggs in an aluminum pan on high heat for 6 hours?
I'm sure tribdog has!
 
  • #15
"And that caused a can of Sure deodorant to explode with such force that it not only blew out windows but cracked a wall and even, briefly, lifted the roof off the bungalow."

Ah, now that finally explains what happened to the Twin Towers. I'd bet every office had a least one can!
 
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Just joking, of course.
 

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