idsummer night's bond fire 
2003 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance
When the 10 feet high Midsummer night's bond fire wouldn't ignite because of slight rain, Jan Owe Jakobsen (40) and a helper decided to take action into their own hands.
They climbed _on top_ of the bond fire with two jerry cans of diesel and startet pouring the higly flammable and explosive liquid on the wood.
Three seconds later they where both engulfed in a wall of flames, worse than Kurt Russel in the movie Backdraft.
With clothes and shoes on fire, Jakobsen ran the 50 yards to the beach and threw himself into the water. Recieving only second and third degree burns on hands and feet. The arsonists wife Marit says to the norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang:
- They say he had luck...
- He really is one of the most sensible persons you could imagine, this could happen to _anyone_
We can't wait for the lucky couple to bring children into the world...
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"The clever Jakobsen (right) and his helper on top of the bond fire."
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"Seconds later the diesel ignites in an explosive fire, Jakobsen still caught inside the flames as his helper stumbles out holding on to his flaming jerry can full of diesel."
Submitted on 06/24/2002
Submitted by:
Anders Jorgensen
Reference:
http://www.vg.no/ 24.6.2002
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