Warning against home-made ‘bombs’

Antony de Wet of Plett passed on the below warning, ostensibly distributed by a colonel Cor Snel of the Pretoria police, and wrote: “I hope that you publish this warning because I have picked up many plastic bottles on my walks in an effort to keep Plett tidy.”

It reads, inter alia: Thieves are putting Drano (Jeyes Fluid in SA), tin foil, and a little water in plastic drink bottles and capping it up. They then leave it on lawns, in mail boxes, in gardens, on driveways, etc. just waiting for you to pick it up to put it in the rubbish. But you’ll never make it!

If the bottle is picked up and shaken even just a little, in about 30 seconds or less it builds up enough gas which then explodes with a force that could remove some of your extremities. The liquid that comes out is boiling hot as well.

Don’t pick up any plastic bottles that may be lying in your yards or in the gutter, etc. as you might become a victim of this Drano bomb.

Source: CXpress