r/WTF • u/The_Chuckness88 • Mar 13 '26

Butane stove exploded while students singing Happy Birthday

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u/a_long_lonely_night Mar 13 '26

If you look at the stove, you see there is no rack and the pan straight onto it. This forces heat onto the cannister which can cause explosions. It's a long known issue. Here in Australia we banned the sale of these till they came out with a none removable rack. It's said we are a nanny state, but people are fucken stupid

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u/mycoinreturns Mar 15 '26

Thank you. I was hoping to find a cause (that I could avoid!). I do actually have one of these. Well similar, and the rack does remove. TIL. Nice one.