What is the fire danger of an Estes rocket?

[Irving]

I found an old Estes rocket at my parents house. I think it would be a fun thing to do with my daughter, but not if I'm going to catch the entire county on fire doing it. Anyone know?

[mcantar18c]

I used to play with those all the time when I was a kid. The launch pads have a metal plate at the bottom, so none of the flames actually touch the ground.

[gnihcraes]

They get dang hot and a lot of flame! Still be careful.

It's more fun to tape multiple booster engines together and strap them to a tonka truck in a parking lot and light. I'm not sure why I know anything about this.

[HBARleatherneck]

Irv, we have a whole pile of rockets and engines here at the house. I have been too paranoid to launch them. If I was at a city park with green grass, I wouldnt worry. But, out here I worry.

I put a nice hole in the Federal center post office roof with a multiple stage rocket once. oops.

[alxone]

i keep thinking about trying to use one in a laws tube or something but id have to wait for snow on the ground .

[SSChameleon]

I launched a bunch of them on my family farm in Parker growing up and never had a problem.

However, in highschool my friend set a field on fire with one of them. It wasn't the launch that did it, the rocket was too hot or had a burning ember when it came down in some tall dry grass and it burned from there.

Make sure your base is clear of combustables and you watch where the thing comes down.