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Related: About this forumConnecticut morons tried to dry out a baseball field with fire
Connecticut morons to Florida Man: Hold my beer while I dump gasoline on this baseball field.
According to a Facebook post from the town of Ridgefield, Connecticut, a baseball game at Governor Park was delayed because of weather conditions.
"A poor decision was made" to attempt to dry the wet field more quickly by pouring 24 gallons of gasoline and setting it on fire, the town said.
A Twitter video posted by user @AmityNorton shows the fire, with people attempting to put it out by shoveling dirt on top of it.
Several agencies including the Ridgefield Police Department and Department of Energy and Environmental Protection helped put out the fire, said the town. No one was hurt, and no one was in danger as a result of the blaze, according to the post.
"A poor decision was made" to attempt to dry the wet field more quickly by pouring 24 gallons of gasoline and setting it on fire, the town said.
A Twitter video posted by user @AmityNorton shows the fire, with people attempting to put it out by shoveling dirt on top of it.
Several agencies including the Ridgefield Police Department and Department of Energy and Environmental Protection helped put out the fire, said the town. No one was hurt, and no one was in danger as a result of the blaze, according to the post.
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Connecticut morons tried to dry out a baseball field with fire (Original Post)
47of74
Apr 2019
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Bluepinky
(2,276 posts)1. Why do I think the people who did this are Trump supporters?
They cant be accused of being deep thinkers.
Mopar151
(10,006 posts)6. Trumpworld thinking, at extremes!!!
Any adult in the northeastern US should f'n know that petroleum products dumped on soil = a yuge!!! cleanup bill!
It takes some serious willfull ignorance , and that whole Sarah Palin "sportsparent" brand of utter idocy, to even conceive of a "plan" like this.
Sucha NastyWoman
(2,759 posts)2. I can't imagine how they thought this would turn out any different
Than it did after pouring 24 gallons on the field.
Eugene
(61,974 posts)3. Who pays the $50,000 repair bill?
femmedem
(8,209 posts)4. "no one was hurt, and no one was in danger" except countless insects, worms
and anything else living in the grass and soil. Granted, it probably was fairly barren this time of year, but I
still object to the assumption that human lives are the only lives that matter.
krispos42
(49,445 posts)5. The high school coach did it.
Betcha he's looking for a new job soon