| Title | Investigators Report Arsonists Using Snack Foods to Start Fires | |
| Date | Sunday October 13 2019, @05:32PM | |
| Author | Fnord666 | |
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| from the carrying-an-arson-device dept. | ||
https://phys.org/news/2019-10-arsonists-snack-foods.html
"Also, someone looking to start a fire who is carrying a can of petrol stands out. No one's going to look twice at someone with a bag of crisps, and the evidence destroys itself. This is especially helpful if someone is trying to make a deliberate fire look accidental. Criminals have presumably worked this out and told each other."
"Crisps encourage fire—they feed it—because they are hugely calorific and fatty. As the video shows, a packet of crisps—either the potato ones or the puffy, maize or corn-based ones—can set a car seat on fire within 200 seconds. Plenty of time for someone to get away."
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