Article: Zippo Snuffs Web Site Featuring Tricks

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Dateline: BRADFORD, Pa. Zippo has snuffed a Web site featuring hundreds of tricks that can be performed with its trademark lighters.

Officials with Bradford-based Zippo Manufacturing Co. on Monday shut down the site citing "concerns of some in the fire safety industry."

A message from Web site founder Morton Kjolberg read that "although I personally don't agree with these concerns, we have reached a point where we are left with no other alternative other than to shut zippotricks.com down."

The site detailed 555 tricks submitted by Zippo tricksters along with video demonstrations of fiery feats such as "Dante's ...

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