.
JEFF: THEY ARE THE SUBJECT
OF A CONTROVERSY TONIGHT BUT
THEY'RE ALSO SOLD OUT.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE FLAME
THROWERS SOLD BY ELAN MUSK'S
BORING COMPANY.
SUZIE: OTHERS ARE BURNING
WITH CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR SALES.
STACEY BUTLER IS LIVE IN SANTA
ANA TO EXPLAIN.
REPORTER: THESE THINGS SOLD
OUT IN JUST FOUR DAYS.
TONIGHT WE CAME OUT HERE TO
SANTA ANA TO SEE WHAT SHOPPERS
HAD TO SAY ABOUT IT AND WE WENT
TO THE FRONT LINES TO SPEAK WITH
FIREFIGHTERS WHO WERE BATTLING
YET ANOTHER ORANGE COUNTY BLAZE.
FLAME THROWERS THAT LOOK LIKE
WEAPONS ARE THE LATEST SENSATION
FROM ELAN MUSK.
HE'S SOLD 20,000.
AS ORANGE COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS
EXTINGUISH ANOTHER BLAZE THIS
TIME OFF THE 241 THE NEW FLAME
THROWERS HAVE CREWS SEEING REDS.
WE'VE HAD THREE MAJOR FIRES
IN ORANGE COUNTY THE LAST COUPLE
WEEKS.
HAVING IS READY TO GO.
WE JUST DIDN'T GET THE RAIN
AGAIN THIS YEAR SO IT'S ALREADY
BROWN.
ANY TIME YOU HAVE SOMEBODY OR
KIDS PLAYING WITH THESE FLAME
THROWERS IT'S GOING TO BE A
RECIPE FOR DISASTER.
MUSK MADE $10 MILLION ON THE
THROWERS TO RAISE MOAN FOR HIS
CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.
THEY SOLD OUT BUT WE FOUND THEM
ONLINE ON CRAIGSLIST FOR $1500
AND BAY UP TO $2,000.
THEY ASKED LIKE A GIANT BUNSON.
A PROPANE TANK CONNECTS TO THE
DEVICE.
FIREFIGHTERS TO BATTLED THE
ALISO FIRE CAN'T BELIEVE THEIR
LEGAL.
LAWMAKERS TRIED TO INTRODUCE
LEGISLATION TO BAN THEM BUT MUSK
START OF THAT THAT'S WHY HE
LABELED IT NOT A FLAME THROWER.
THOSE WE SPOKE WITH SAY THE NAME
DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT THEY SEE
IT AS A DANGEROUS DEVICE.
TWHOO IF I HAVE A CHILD AND
SOMEBODY COMES OUT WITH A FLAME
THROWER.
MY CONCERN IS IT'S LIKE A
TEENAGER GETS IT.
YEAH.
THEY DON'T MAKE DECISIONS.
