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Dear Evil Engineer: Could I fire-bomb my office with a flock of incendiary seagulls?

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  • Duration: 7 mins
  • Publication date: 08 Sep 2022
  • Part of series The Evil Engineer Series

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Dear Evil Engineer, Could I fire-bomb my office with a flock of incendiary seagulls?

This correspondent is determined not to return to the office, even if that means using hundreds of gulls to burn it to the ground.

Read more advice from the Evil Engineer in Engineering & Technology magazine: https://eandt.theiet.org/tags/evil-engineer

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