Editing Flamethrower (section)

== Other uses ==
Flamethrowers are occasionally used for igniting [[controlled burn]]s for [[land management]] and [[agriculture]]. For example, in the production of [[sugar cane]], where [[wikt:cane brake|canebrakes]] are burned to get rid of the dry dead leaves which clog [[harvester (forestry)|harvester]]s, and incidentally kill any lurking venomous [[snake]]s. More commonly, a [[driptorch]] or a [[flare]] (fusee) is used.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://throwflame.com/faq/ |title=FAQ |publisher=throwflame.com |language=en-US |access-date=2018-02-08}}</ref>

U.S. troops allegedly used flamethrowers on the streets of Washington, D.C. (mentioned in a December 1998 article in the ''San Francisco Flier''), as one of several clearance methods used for the surprisingly large amount of snow that fell before the presidential inauguration of [[John F. Kennedy]].<ref name=":0" /> A history article on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers notes, "In the end, the task force employed hundreds of [[dump truck]]s, [[front-end loader]]s, [[sander]]s, [[plow]]s, rotaries, and allegedly flamethrowers to clear the way".<ref name=":0">[https://web.archive.org/web/20110927105343/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalweathergang/2009/01/inauguration_weather_the_case.html "Inauguration Weather: The Case of Kennedy"]. ''[[The Washington Post]]'', Capital Weather Gang, January 5, 2009.</ref>
[[File:Flickr - DVIDSHUB - 'Operation Sapper Torch' denies terrorist concealment.jpg|thumb|A sergeant of the 66th Engineers torching brush with a flamethrower in Iraq in 2008]]
Flamethrowers were employed by U.S. combat engineers during the [[Iraq War]]; they were used to clear brush and eliminate hiding spots for insurgents<ref>{{cite book |last1=McNab |first1=Chris |title=The Flamethrower |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |year=2015 |isbn=978-1472809049 |location=London |pages=75}}</ref>

A squad armed with backpack flamethrowers had an important part in the [[2012 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony]]. They had one big tank each. They could make a flame about {{convert|12|ft|m|order=flip|sigfig=1}} long.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}

In April 2014 it was reported by South Korea's ''[[Chosun Ilbo]]'' newspaper without confirmation that a North Korean government official, O Sang-Hon, Deputy Minister at the [[Ministry of Social Security (North Korea)|Ministry of Public Security]], was executed by flamethrower.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/10750082/North-Korean-official-executed-by-flame-thrower.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/10750082/North-Korean-official-executed-by-flame-thrower.html |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=North Korean official 'executed by flame-thrower' |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |location=London |access-date=2016-04-14}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In August 2016 it was reported that the [[Islamic State]] used flamethrowers to execute six of its commanders in [[Tal Afar]] as punishment for their attempt to escape to Syria<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-08-23 |title=Flamethrowers used to execute ISIS leaders in Tal Afar after their attempts to escape towards Syria fail |url=https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/flamethrowers-used-to-execute-isis-leaders-in-tal-afar-after-their-attempts-to-escape-towards-syria-fail/ |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=Iraqi News |language=en-US}}</ref>

It has been known for police to fill a "flamethrower", not with flammable liquid, but rather with tear gas dissolved in water as a riot-control device; see [[Converted Flamethrower 40]].