Rather alarming occurrence while smoking...thoughts?

Ok, so I've smoked easily hundreds of cigars, and never once have I seen what just happened to me..

I was smoking a Gurkha Empire VI, and rather enjoying it. The cigar overall provided no major problems, and I had the band removed. Coming into the end of the last third, not far from where I'd normally set it down, the ash dropped in my lap (I tend to have a problem with this lol). As this happened, the end of my cigar blazed up in a large, evident flame - to the point that I was concerned about burning my hair. I immediately tossed the stick into the ashtray, and the flame went out. I have NEVER had this happen, nor seen it before... what the hell just happened?

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Nick2021

Sorry to hear about that...pretty bad when it gets to the point where you're concerned about getting burned. I imagine this will draw some interesting responses from Gurkha lovers/haters. Not sure why it would just go up in flames like that though....

docedwards

Check the band again. Sure it wasn't a God of Fire?

Duder2

Woah, trippy! Never heard of that happening before... weird...

Tokinstogie

Beetle Juice?

Hays

Tokinstogie:
Beetle Juice?

That was actually a thought I had...whether it had maybe hit a dried beetle egg...

doromath

How long was the ash and how tight had the draw been during the portion you were smoking through said ash? My first thought here is that you had something similar to a backdraft that our fine firefighters dread.

Basically you have a fire that's not combusting completey due to a limited supply of oxygen, but that has ample heat energy and fuel to combust more. Rapid introduction of oxygen then allows the uncombusted gasses to burn, causing a flare-up. Same thing can happen with smoking with wood chips, where you create a large draft and an otherwise nicely-smoldering chunk o' wood will flare up.

Not sure if having a long ash, tight draw, hot burn, long rest time, etc would affect this, but since it happened when the ash fell off I'm guessing it was the sudden availability of oxygen that caused this.

That, or Mr. Hansotia just played the best practical joke in the world on you

KCW

Air pocket (spot of missing tobacco. Maybe some tobacco (Binder/Filler) fell out with ash in your lap igniting the wrapper)? Just a guess.

jship079

I would say no to the beetle egg because we smoke them all the time!!

YankeeMan

It must have been a hell of a flame to reach the hair on the back of your head! LOL

kuzi16

Hays:
what the hell just happened?

Bugs Bunny happened:

you and Pete Puma now have something in common....

from "rabbits kin" cartoon (audio slowed down to understand the little rabbit)

Hawk55

HEY...I started to defend the GOF...then I understood the inference...LOL

sightunseen

The "backdraft" theory makes sense to me.

jlmarta

YankeeMan:
It must have been a hell of a flame to reach the hair on the back of your head! LOL

Boy, I'm sure glad I didn't say that.......

Marty

Hays

sightunseen:
The "backdraft" theory makes sense to me.

+1 to this... The draw was fine, almost a bit loose. The ash was not very long...no more than an inch. The backdraft theory seems the most viable though.. In any case, it definitely tripped me out.

zoom6zoom

Stop eating burritos before smoking your cigars. Sounds like you hit a methane pocket.

sightunseen

zoom6zoom:
Stop eating burritos before smoking your cigars. Sounds like you hit a methane pocket.

You smoking cigars with your ass, Hays?

doromath

sightunseen:
zoom6zoom:
Stop eating burritos before smoking your cigars. Sounds like you hit a methane pocket.
You smoking cigars with your ass, Hays?

He's pioneering a new technique to detect nuances of flavor: the recto-hale.

Andrew Dzikoski

Are you sure someone wasn't playing a trick on you and stuck a match in there? The back draft theory makes some sense but the tar the that is has built up is very unlikely to combust in any manor similar to the such. The tar build up is also why the cigar is more likely to to go out when you are closer to the end of the smoke or atleast go out more quickly. This is really strange and I really don't have any explaniation. Wish you had it on video.

kuzi16

Andrew Dzikoski:
Are you sure someone wasn't playing a trick on you and stuck a match in there?

back in my boy scout days there was a scout master who smoked cigarettes. one of the other boys emptied out a cigarette and re packed it with a match head about 1/2 an inch in in the hopes of an "exploding" cigarette.
needless to say we were disappointed. the match head did not flame up in the manor we expected. He said it just blew out his taste buds for a few days.

a valiant effort anyway.

KCW

doromath:
sightunseen:
zoom6zoom:
Stop eating burritos before smoking your cigars. Sounds like you hit a methane pocket.
You smoking cigars with your ass, Hays?

He's pioneering a new technique to detect nuances of flavor: the recto-hale.

LMAO

KCW

kuzi16:
Hays:
what the hell just happened?
Bugs Bunny happened:

you and Pete Puma now have something in common....

from "rabbits kin" cartoon (audio slowed down to understand the little rabbit)

Love Pete

brotheradam

kuzi16:
Hays:
what the hell just happened?
Bugs Bunny happened:

you and Pete Puma now have something in common....

from "rabbits kin" cartoon (audio slowed down to understand the little rabbit)

Kuzi- Pete Puma is my all time favorite cartoon character . Love the pic

Sandman1am

Andrew Dzikoski:
Are you sure someone wasn't playing a trick on you and stuck a match in there? The back draft theory makes some sense but the tar the that is has built up is very unlikely to combust in any manor similar to the such. The tar build up is also why the cigar is more likely to to go out when you are closer to the end of the smoke or atleast go out more quickly. This is really strange and I really don't have any explaniation. Wish you had it on video.

Yeah Hays who did you get the stick from? I wish you would have gotten it on tape too! I bet you were moving pretty fast after you ashed on your pants and almost set your hair on fire.

Redtailhawkoz

kuzi16:
Hays:
what the hell just happened?
Bugs Bunny happened:

you and Pete Puma now have something in common....

from "rabbits kin" cartoon (audio slowed down to understand the little rabbit)

Now thats some FUNNY S-H-I_T Right there! Im thinking more Bevis and Butthead!

Redtailhawkoz

brotheradam:
kuzi16:
Hays:
what the hell just happened?
Bugs Bunny happened:

you and Pete Puma now have something in common....

from "rabbits kin" cartoon (audio slowed down to understand the little rabbit)

Kuzi- Pete Puma is my all time favorite cartoon character . Love the pic

+ 1 on that one ! How many Lumps would you like there Petey..... oooooohhhhhhh THREEEE ORRRR FOUUURRRRRR Bonk Bonk Bonk Bonk .,,,,,,,, OHHHHH those are some BIIIGGGG LUMPS
ROTFLMAO! I am NUTS !

Joeyjoe21_8

thought u were saving that gurkha for me man! lol

laker1963

Hays:
Ok, so I've smoked easily hundreds of cigars, and never once have I seen what just happened to me..

I was smoking a Gurkha Empire VI, and rather enjoying it. The cigar overall provided no major problems, and I had the band removed. Coming into the end of the last third, not far from where I'd normally set it down, the ash dropped in my lap (I tend to have a problem with this lol). As this happened, the end of my cigar blazed up in a large, evident flame - to the point that I was concerned about burning my hair. I immediately tossed the stick into the ashtray, and the flame went out. I have NEVER had this happen, nor seen it before... what the hell just happened?

Really good drugs ?!?!

Hays

Joeyjoe21_8:
thought u were saving that gurkha for me man! lol

LOL I couldn't remember which one you wanted! I have a couple of the Empires... I'll buy ya another one ;-).

Nick2021

doromath:
sightunseen:
zoom6zoom:
Stop eating burritos before smoking your cigars. Sounds like you hit a methane pocket.
You smoking cigars with your ass, Hays?

He's pioneering a new technique to detect nuances of flavor: the recto-hale.

lol, sounds like an interesting technique...

Sandman1am

Nick2021:
doromath:
sightunseen:
zoom6zoom:
Stop eating burritos before smoking your cigars. Sounds like you hit a methane pocket.
You smoking cigars with your ass, Hays?

He's pioneering a new technique to detect nuances of flavor: the recto-hale.

lol, sounds like an interesting technique...

Oh no I can see the headlines now "Smoking Burns Soliders Butts"! A soldier with too much time on his hands can lead to bad bad things man.