The Miniature Arsonist Set

The Miniature Arsonist Set

by Good Boy 404

Disclaimer: This text does not encourage anyone to commit arson. It's everyone's own decision. Good Boy 404 is not responsible for any consequences of using the information here.

Committing arson can be difficult if you can't go in somewhere with a lighter or a box (or 'book') of matches without the fire gear being noticed. In such situations, essential fire starting items can be made very compact, small enough to fit into a small, innocent-looking object. Like a ballpoint pen or mechanical pencil. If the pen has enough room inside, then it can still work. To start ONE fire, you only need ONE match and something to ignite it. Lighting a match on, for example, glass can be difficult and doesn't work with all matches (and kinds of glass), so you should carry a small piece of the match lighting paper from the side of the box. (Or the inside of the match 'book'.) A 20 mm * 4 mm piece of the igniting paper is very likely to be sufficient, if both the matches and the paper are dry, clean, and the paper has not yet been used. For added safety, you could rather choose to carry 2 or 3 matches (sometimes the match head breaks, or you could fail in lighting the fire) and 2 stripes of lighting paper (in case the first wears out after the first match). To make the whole arson set even smaller, the back part of the matches can be cut back to reduce the length of the matches to 15-20 mm. This length is probably enough, esp. if the target area contains objects that are very easy to light. A set consisting of 2 shortened matches and 2 stripes (20*4 mm each) of lighting paper is still small enough to hide in a pen, or - but that's riskier - in clothing. (You can easily throw away a pen unnoticed if you suspect detailed searches, but it's much harder to dispose parts of clothing.)

If you lit something, it is possible that you will be brought in for interrogation, so if the action succeeded, get rid of the remainder of the set. It is not a bad idea to throw away the pen used to hide the set too, since traces of the chemicals used in the matches could be found. Also get rid of the match box or 'book' with stripes of lighting paper missing, and the back parts of matches that have been cut off. These items are important (possibly fatal) evidence.

To light a fire, you could also need some kind of fire accelerator. High concentration (distilled) alcoholic drinks (up to 40% or even more of alcohol) are said to be flammable. Many such drinks are available in very small bottles, which are also easy to carry around, and you only have a 'drink', nothing dangerous or suspicious. Perfumes could contain even more of alcohol. Of course, you could also fill a bottle of a drink or perfume with a simple, effective fire accelerator like gasoline.

If you need a delay, then a cigarette or maybe a piece of an aromatic smoking rod can be used. This could be also hidden in a pen, maybe in a second pen, or together with the matches in a thick marker pen. The head of a match can be lit with a cigarette, the burning match can many other things. Tie the match to the cigarette or piece of smoking rod with a bit of duct tape or thin wire (also hidden in the pen). Place the setup so that the match is within 'flame range' from flammable materials, and the cigarette / smoking rod won't be put out. A cigarette can go out when placed on a flat surface that can drain heat. Also remember that the weight distribution of a cigarette changes when it burns down, so balancing it won't last for long. Of course, you need at least 2 matches when using such a delay: one on the cigarette (smoking rod), the other to light the delay. Several matches at the end of the delay will make the incendiary device stronger, so it could light less flammable materials too.

If you want to use an accelerator (flammable liquid) with a delay, then choose an accelerator that doesn't evaporate quickly. Gasoline or alcohol can completely evaporate in less than a minute, so perfumes and distilled drinks are probably out of question. Some kinds of oils (vegetable oil, lubricant oil) and some paint thinners are relatively easy to light, but evaporate very slowly.