Chapter Fifteen
The Cook’s Folly pine was sheathed in a pillar of flame. The smoking remains of the Buttsman barbecue grill rested high in the branches of the furiously burning tree.
The fire department’s report would later state that the fire started when concentrated propane gas in the air was ignited by the Tiki torch next to the grill.
Doing as Mr. Buttsman instructed, Sax turned on the propane tank using the tap on the top of the tank. The instructions didn’t say to open the lid of the barbecue so she didn’t.
Then, also as instructed, Sax pressed the red button which was followed by a sharp clicking sound. Satisfied the burners were lit and ready, she went inside to check on the thawing chicken.
What she didn’t know was all red buttons on gas barbecues stop working after three
