This news artile from the AP.
Bong blamed for fire at MU fraternity
ASSOCIATED PRESS
02/24/2009
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Fire investigators are blaming an unattended bong for a fire at the Sigma Chi fraternity at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
No one was hurt. But Sunday night's fire occurred on the same floor where a student died in a 1999 blaze.
Fire officials said the blaze could have been worse. A student used a fire extinguisher to knock back the flames in the third-floor bedroom before firefighters arrived and finished extinguishing some still-smoldering debris.
Damage from the fire is estimated to total around $5,000.
Battalion Fire Chief Steve Sapp says police confiscated the bong and took samples to determine whether it was used for drugs.
Fraternity president Daniel Patterson says a small piece of charcoal left on a windowsill, not a bong, started the fire.
He says the fraternity has a no smoking and drug policy in effect.
Besides the obvious fire, I found this part of the quote simply laughable.
Battalion Fire Chief Steve Sapp says police confiscated the bong and took samples to determine whether it was used for drugs.
Yeah I am Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure it was used to smoke "regular" tobacco and not anything illegal!
Some reporters really need to think about what they are saying sometimes. Granted yeah the Police have to test it, but its a CAPTAIN OBVIOUS moment here.
Maybe Michael Phelps can comment on the contents?
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by assuming they would smoke weed.
Originally Posted by Warhellride
