After months of preparation, Student Bonfire hosted Burn Night on Nov. 21 at the stack site off of Old Hearne Road in Bryan.
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.
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