3 idiots, illegal roman candle fireworks, and an open window ....

[Princess Turandot]

So you've nuthin' to do on a Wednesday night in Brooklyn? Why not go out to a nearby 15' wide driveway between two houses and set off some roman candles! Why not point that roman candle horizontally, like a gun, and shoot the pyrotechnics sideways, barely missing your buddy (who doesn't seem to notice them flying by)? Why not go back inside and get more fireworks, oblivious to the fact that your last shot went through an open window, setting the room on fire?

I'm thinking an altered state of consciousness was involved here, given how long it takes them to actually notice the fire underway, neatly captured by a security camera on a nearby building.

The fireworks flasher was arrested for arson on last Thursday.

The 'money shot' occurs at around 11 seconds into the video below:

Link to tweet

The house post-fun doesn't even look all that bad, considering!


The house previous to that day, on Street View: https://goo.gl/maps/RY84B9QRhkLWHJbk6

According to FDNY, the incident took 12 units and 60 members to bring under control. Fortunately, no one was injured.

[Skittles]

1. idiots!

why were they setting off fireworks on June 24?

[3Hotdogs]

5. Practice. Like for some people,

Christmas is a training session for New Years Eve.

[Renew Deal]

8. Because it's more about the fireworks than the date for most people.

[Jeebo]

2. When I was a kid, we used to have roman candle fights.

But we did it out in the street, well away from any houses, shooting the roman candles down the street, parallel to the houses. There were never any injuries or damages to property. Maybe we were idiots, but we were ... well, just kids.

Princess Turandot, I guess you are a fan of the Puccini opera? So am I. Several other Puccini operas too, as well as those of quite a few other composers. The St. Louis Opera Theatre season would have just ended, in a normal year, and I really missed it. I hope I'll get to go to the Met some day, never have been.

-- Ron

[NBachers]

3. Passing around joints one night in Miami. Someone had recently come down and stopped off in

the Carolinas and bought some fireworks. We were checking out some roman candles. I look over, and one guy has a roman candle up to his mouth, and is holding a match up to the end - in his out-of-it state of mind, he thought someone has passed him a giant joint. The Roman Candle lit up and started shooting across the room, which pretty much got everyone's attention. I grabbed it and ran outside and let the rest of it shoot off into the sky. Another stoner tale.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

4. Wonder if they learned that house fires don't act like they're depicted on tv.

[Sanity Claws]

6. He was 36 years old!

He is not a kid who is unable to think of consequences.

[Raine]

7. Geeeesh lucky no one was trapped in there ending up dead! 😯 nt