After months of preparation, Student Bonfire hosted Burn Night on Nov. 21 at the stack site off of Old Hearne Road in Bryan.
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To facilitate ignition, crews spray the stack with a mixture of accelerants.
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After lighting their torches and making several laps around the stack, the torch-bearers set the 2017 stack ablaze.
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It doesn’t take long for the whole stack to catch fire. Volunteers move back as the intensity of the heat increases.
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The first feature to burn away is the outhouse fixed to the top of the stack.
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The wind blows sparks from the stack high into the air as the logs continue to burn.
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Crowds look on as the stack is engulfed in flame.
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The outhouse has completely burned away, exposing the top of the centerpole.
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As the first tier logs deteriorate, the stack twists, sending a shower of sparks into the air.
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Student Bonfire crews walk arm in arm around the stack celebrating another successful burn.
Photo by Photo by Luke Henkhaus'
