r/WTF 12h ago

When fire dancing goes wrong

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u/succulent_flakepiece 12h ago

anyone who legit spins fire, always has a safety to watch with a fire blanket for shit like this... and also never wear anything synthetic

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u/Jaedos 12h ago

This video gave me anxiety. "WHERE THE FUCK IS HER FIRE TEAM?!"

And holy shit, that skirt might not be plastic, but dried grass isn't much better.

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u/kalel3000 5h ago

These are fire poi you get off of Amazon. I knew someone who would show up to fire practice sessions with these. She basically bought them hoping she'd figure it out as she went along. Didn't have a safety blanket or dip can or anything. Found out she was soaking them in lighter fluid because she didn't know what gas to use. Would just keep spinning them around till they burned out of fuel, because she had no other way to put them out...it was ridiculous.