Bill Murray must have winced when he heard that mankind's latest salvo in the valiant war against gopher-dom ended in a massive explosion that sparked a prairie fire outside of Calgary, Alberta, over the weekend. Even though there was a ban on fires in the area, two Canadian men went into a field with a device called the Rodenator.The Rodenator dumps a mixture of propane and oxygen into gopher holes, then lights them up like a Fourth of July fireworks display, causing an underground shock wave, killing the gophers and collapsing their tunnels.
Problem was, after a couple of successful blasts, the two Canucks overfilled one of the holes, and the flames jumped out and onto the dry grass, starting a fire that threatened several homes and caused $200,000 in damage.
Question raised: "Caddyshack" aside, is the the Rodenator a smart way to deal with gophers? Let us know.
Check out a video of the Rodenator in action after the jump.
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