How Was This Possible?

[Ronnie10]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/6225151/Man-became-human-fireball-after-deodorant-caught-fire-as-he-lit-barbecue.html

Apparently he sprayed himself then 20 minutes later went to light the barbecue and became a human fireball.

I sometimes tend to drench myself in aftershave and deodorant and have been near many open flames but this has never happened to me or to anyone i know.

Does anyone know whether he then went on to try and sue the deodorant manufacturers and/or distributors?

[LazyGun]

Dunno - not a lot of fact in that article on which to base any kind of guess, to be honest. We do not know if, for instance, he had liberally doused his BBQ with petrol or some other accelerant.

Based upon what he said, I find the whole thing a more than a little odd...

[Hopkirk]

I think he's telling porkies because he is too ashamed to admit using lighter fluid.

[emmie]

the message on aerosol cans is don't go near flames, at least my hairspray one does, how is it possible that the fluid ignited by being on his body, under his arms, or wherever else he sprayed it.

[Smowball]

I saw him and his wife interviewed on tv a while ago and I could have sworn that he said he had put petrol or something on the fire to get in going. I may be wrong though....

[heathfield]

In the past, I've used aftershave on my Zippo lighter when I've run out of lighter fluid. Just dabbing some on the wick allowed me to light a ciggy. (Necessity is the mother of invention!)

[wildwood]

Oh heathfield, that reminds me of my days of smoking when lighting a ciggy on a bar heater cause we had no matches or lighter.

Yes, there is more to this than what is in the article. Did the man spray himself to excess? It seems incredible that deodorant under the arm would cause such a fire ball.