Oxygen and home-made Acetylene in Gazaland

Well this is original. In Gazaland, Harare, and so presumably elsewhere, oxyacetylene gas welding is done using cylinders of oxygen with converted fire extinguishers full of water and a chunk of Calcium Carbide (CaC2) which produces Acetylene (C2H2). This reaction used to be used for mining lamps and caving lights.

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