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A bungled romantic gesture which saw a man light a heart-shaped line of fire on what is believed to be Chesterman Beach has outraged Tofino residents, who are wary of danger during peak fire season.
A video distributed on social media sites shows a couple embracing while standing in the midst of a heart-shaped line of flames in the sand at dusk.
In the video, the man sets the design alight. Black smoke quickly rises, partially obscuring the couple from view. The man starts to kick sand to extinguish it.
A mans voice can be heard saying, Its a black [expletive] smoke cloud. I have to kick it out.

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/attempted-romantic-gesture-with-fire-on-a-west-coast-beach-angers-tofino-residents
CurtEastPoint
(20,095 posts)Duncanpup
(15,651 posts)Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)If someone on social media is outraged, then it must be an outrage
pile on, no more logic or facts needed!
The little fire is surrounded by sand
in Canada or anywhere else
cant set on fire.
Sand is sometimes used to put fire out!
Floyd R. Turbo
(33,281 posts)Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)Social media level fake outrage!
Its not personal, its pervasive and useless typical social media drivel.
Floyd R. Turbo
(33,281 posts)Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)viva la
(4,636 posts)Are losing patience with fire and smoke.
These performative gestures do get tiresome. Gender reveal stunts have started fires, injured people. So often the point seems to be getting likes on Instagram.
But if you're insisting on starting a gasoline fire in the middle of a fire season, the middle of a beach is a good choice.
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