Apparently there is a show on the National Geographic Channel called Python Hunters. I happened to run across this video from the program, which includes a controlled burn. Their objective was not to kill the large snakes, they said, but to drive them out of the brush, or underground.
If you are familiar with controlled burns or prescribed fires, you will not recognize any of the techniques in this video…. unless you prep your prescribed fires by throwing five gallon buckets of diesel onto the vegetation.
Surprisingly, a representative of the Miami-Dade Fire Department is on scene, probably to reduce the chances of the actors killing themselves. The project may have been surrounded by mostly bare ground — it’s hard to tell — so there might have been little chance of the fire escaping.
Just to be absolutely clear, definitely do not try this technique. Diesel is not as volatile or explosive as gasoline but what they did, shown in the video, is dangerous. If they had mixed gasoline with the diesel, as is usually done when fueling drip torches for a real prescribed fire, or used straight gasoline, there could have been an explosion when they ignited it, depending on the concentration.
What i found funniest was Bill’s search tags “Idiot, lame ass ideas, prescribed fire”
Python hunting is a boring sport so Billy-Bob and clan add some heat to get it going.
I think this is where the famous phrase “Stupid is as stupid does” might be appropriate.
a pretty good method to “cull the herd”
I’m particularly impressed with the lack of PPE. The guy tossing the diesel is wearing short. A definite “Situation that shouts WATCH OUT”. Less than clever.