[GODREKR]

A 13 year old boy is brought to the emergency department 30 minutes after sustaining facial injuries when putting petrol on a barbecue to light it. He complains of severe face and throat pain.

[Shakey]

[corpsehands]

Dumb ass

[FunkPumpkin]

Use diesel or kerosene to start a fire, never gasoline.

I've got a large barrel-type smoker. I fill the firebox with briquettes, douse liberally with diesel fuel. Then I use a propane torch like that below to get everything burning well (meaning: it's not giving off plumes of white smoke, but a thinner black smoke with visible orange flames.)

Let it burn for 30-minutes, add your damp smoking wood blocks and you're ready to smoke meat while you chill in your lawn chair and drink beer, all in the name of BBQ.

[vagabond]

Poor kid- hope he doesn't scar

[kellyhound]

[LadyCPlum]

It could have been worse, he could have done like my idiot brother and his friends did and decided to forego actually barbecuing for the temptation of throwing paint thinner on the damn fire.

[Kelseecat65]

OUCH that is going to hurt. Obviously no parental supervision or no one has taught him correctly.

[durt]

probably inhaled some of the gas

[bando21]