OVER WHILE PILOT TRIED TO LAND,
THREE PEOPLE WERE INJURED AND
FLOWN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR
TREATMENT.
PAT: FOUNDER OF TESLA HAS A
FLAME THROWER, HE SOLD THOUSANDS
IN DAYS, MICHELE GILE SHOWS US
THERE ARE MIXED OPINIONS ABOUT
THE FIERY UNIT.
REPORTER: I THINK THAT IT IS
AMERICA.
IT IS A FREE COUNTRY.
TESLA FOUNDER MUSK SAYS HE SOLE
LAST OF 20,000 FLAME THROWERS TO
MAKE MILLIONS FOR HIS TUNNELING,
THIS IS DESIGNED TO BE THRILLING
WITHOUT DANGER, LOCAL FIRE
EXPERT WHO REMINDS THAT YOU FIRE
SEASON IS YEAR ROUND IN
CALIFORNIA DISAGREE.
PEOPLE HAVE A PRODUCT LIKE
THIS, I AM SURE THEY DON'T
INTEND ON BURNING ANYONE OR
ANYTHING OR DESTROYING PROPERTY,
BUT ACCIDENTS DO HAPPEN WITH A
PRODUCT LIKE THIS, SO EASILY
TRANSPORT ABLE AND CREATES A TWO
FOOT FLAME, THAT IS A MATTER OF
TIME BEFORE WE HAVE A TRAGEDY
THAT WILL UNFOLD.
REPORTER: ACCORDING TO ORANGE
COUNTY FIRE CAPTAIN LARRY KURTZ
THERE IS NOTHING ILLEGAL IN OUR
STATE ABOUT OWNING A FLAME
THROWER, AS LONG AS FLAME IS
LESS THAN 10 FEET BUT IT NEEDS
TO BE REGULATED.
THEY SHOULD NOT SELL TO ANY
TOM, DICK AND HARRY.
I THINK IT IS SAY VERY FOOLISH
THING TO DO THAT.
I THINK HE SHOULD HAVE WAITED A
LITTLE BIT LONGER GOT AN OPINION
FROM PEOPLE AND I'M -- I DIDN'T
JUMP OUT AND BUY ONE, I HAVE
MONEY IN MY POCKET.
REPORTER: NO QUESTION.
IT WAS A HOT SELLER WITH PRICE
TAG OF $500.
AN ASE ASSEMBLYMAN FROM L.A. IS
