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A Florida man's alleged explosive experimentation went up in smoke this weekend after a Facebook video in which he reportedly ignited a homemade pipe bomb was viewed by deputies who promptly arrested him.

Christopher Green, 25, of Orange City, was charged with making a destructive device using stump remover, sugar and a small metal pipe in connection with Saturday's incident, which spurred a minor evacuation after a projectile landed in a neighbor's yard. No one was injured.

Deputies arrested Green after questioning him and viewing the video on his Facebook page, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.

"The video showed Green concocting a pasty substance in a pot on his kitchen stove, then going outside and lighting the pipe with the substance in it," the news release said. “After a few seconds, the pipe took off and flew away.”

Green is heard saying in the video: “Let’s see what happens when I ignite it inside of our rocket engine.”

“Wow,” he says after the pipe is lit.

As the device disappears from view, Green continues to narrate the flight: “And it has left the yard.”

Green told the deputies he was making smoke bombs.

His next-door neighbor Vikki Johnson reported hearing a loud hissing noise and seeing white smoke when the device landed in her yard, WESH-TV reported.

 
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