160-proof Alcohol and an Open Flame - A "Mishap"?

What the heck was he thinking?
If this was not so serious it would be funny - like some scene from "Dumb and Dumber"

A University student remains in serious condition in the burn unit of The Doctor's Hospital in Augusta, after a mishap with 190-proof grain alcohol and an open flame at his fraternity house.

William Flynn Miller, a senior from Savannah, is expected to be sent home Friday, said Jay Sammons, outgoing president of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.

"He is doing better," said Sammons, a senior from Barnesville. "He did have surgery (Wednesday). It just helps to repair the skin faster and help some of the pain.
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Miller, who was conscious following the incident, told Athens-Clarke County Police he and his fraternity brothers were drinking and "horsing around" when he caught on fire early Tuesday morning at their fraternity's senior night -- a function where outgoing seniors say farewell to their brothers.

There is a much more graphic description after the link. "May be disturbing to young children" as they say on TV.

Let's be careful out there.

redandblack.com - Fraternity member still in serious condition