Fire + Cupcake = BAD & GOOD

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1) From frasercoastchronicle.com: A FLAMING cupcake and smoking microwave prompted a Hervey Bay woman to call triple-0 on Sunday. A spokesperson from the Hervey Bay fire station said the small fire was out when they arrived at the Urangan house at about 11.40am. He said the resident was heating up a cupcake when the paper around it caught fire and smoke started coming out the back of the microwave.

2) From survivalistboards.com: A buddy told me this cupcake recipe for the perfect campfire starters. Take a muffin tin and place your cupcake liners like you normally would if you were making muffins or cupcakes. now place a small amount of dryer lint at the base of each cupcake. Then place sawdust over the lint.
Now that you have your core, drizzle melted wax from your favorite "Unscented" candles all over your cupcakes until they are pretty solid. Solid enough for travel at least. You can play with your "batter" until you get your perfect mixture. I like to throw a couple in a zip-loc with some matches as a stable firestarter, no goopy petroleum/ leaky gasoline to deal with. The cupcake liner catches right away, then picks up the lint, which engulfs the sawdust/wax mixture and burns for a long time depending on your "batter."