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>go camping at campground near Ft. Bragg CA
>camping with my current gf, my sister, and her bf
>really cold and wet because we are like 300 yards from the beach and it's NorCal
>gf goes to the bathroom and I get tasked with getting the fire going
>fire is lit but being a pain to get going well because of the weather
>decide to use white gas to get things going
>literally say, "I know I should put this in a paper cup before I pour it on the fire for safety reasons but the fire isn't that big so it'll be fine."
>almost exactly as I finish saying this, the fire leaps ~3 feet up INTO the small white gas cointainer
>HOLY SHIT I HAVE TO THROW THIS THING BEFORE IT EXPLODES IN MY HAND!!
>doesn't explode but there is now an ~9 foot trail of flames across the camp
>I run to the water container I had filled earlier in an attempt to save anything
>a man from another campground comes into ours and starts stomping on flames
>I drop the water and start stomping too
>fire gets put out and everything went better than expected
>die of embarrassment apologizing to our neighbor who helped
>he is super bro and doesn't call the rangers or give me shit for making a stupid mistake
>my sister and her bf are laughing their asses off
>my gf returns and is like, "Why are you all laughing?"
Pretty much the dumbest thing I have ever done on a camping trip. Although not the dumbest thing I have ever done.
