That story is part of the reason why the ACS is coming up with guidlines for chemical demonstrations. There’s a terrible story of a girl who was set on fire because her instructor was doing color flame tests as part of a demonstration, and she kept a giant jug of flammable methanol right next to the actual demo. Disaster ensued rather predictably. The girl lived, fortunately, and now has a methanol tattoo. I have to run, otherwise I’d find the link for you, but yeah- chemical demos can be dangerous if you’re not careful.
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