Oct 19, 2009 4:36 pm US/Eastern
Flaming Pumpkin Scrapped By Globe
BOSTON (WBZ) ―
With Halloween less than two weeks away, you may be in the design stage of your planning for a jack-o-lantern, but weekend suggestions from the Boston Globe had the State Fire Marshal's Office on phone with editors at the paper.
The pumpkin design in question called for decorators to create a pumpkin with a three-foot flame.
That suggestion is now
gone from the online edition after the fire marshal expressed concern. "We were aware of the article and posting and very happy that common sense and wiser heads at the Globe prevailed," Jennifer Mieth of the State Fire Marshal's Office told WBZ.
The Globe said this story clearly stated the pumpkin should only be lit outdoors with an extinguisher handy. "The graphic of 'Extreme Pumpkin' ideas, adapted from a book of the same name, included for one flaming pumpkin head," Globe spokesman Bob Powers told WBZ. "The Globe added a warning to only attempt it outdoors, away from flammable materials, and with a fire extinguisher at hand. Nonetheless, the state fire marshal expressed concern, and the Globe agreed to remove it from the Web."
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