see? another reason why plastic bottles are bad!!

That's pretty scary really. I have a bottle of water next to my bed all the time, and a house full of cats that could knock it over like this. This could just have saved me a huge amount of pain, heartache and money. Thanks.

So I suppose we'll now see another warning label on bottles that says "keep away from direct sunlight" because someone will have their house burn down from this and then sue them.

Unless their is risk of some kind of freeze-ray, we are pretty safe here at 61N

So much for their security deposit =o/

Carpets are fire retardant, FWIW.

*water

Adding video to channels (Water) - requested by ant.

We need to start regulating 7-Up sales.

To be fair, the problem is the water in the bottle.

Happened to a neighbor of mine when I was a kid.
He had a vase of water in the windowsill and a roll of paper towels behind it. Luckily, I saw the smoke, and he only lost part of his kitchen.

You can just imagine it could actually catch fire, melt the bottle and put itself straight out.

Mr.Bennitt is correct, there really is no need to panic. Bet that vase/paper towel fella never followed ants around with a magnifier, either!

>> ^ravioli:

see? another reason why plastic bottles are bad!!


Clear bottles filled with clear liquids are the problem here, not the materials.

Good thing that rug is plastic, though. It would probably continue to bubble and melt for hours without ever producing a flame.

If a fire would've stopped that music I would be OK with that.

I'm from the uk - we don't have this problem

Good thing he burned a hole in his carpet to make a point.

This is why people shouldn't just chuck plastic bottles out whilst hiking. This is how some forest fires get started.

This is never likely to happen to me because I hate drinking out of plastic. Even when I buy a soda, I prefer to poor it into a glass.

So that's how bald spots show up!