Promoters glorifying the use of aerosols used for dangerous ad hoc pyrotechnic displays at public events run the risk of prosecution if someone is hurt, Police have warned.

It came after the organiser of the recent Cyclone DJ clash at Kindley Field said he was already using photos of people blowing flames several feet long from Baygon tins in promotional literature.

Andrew Phillips, of Global Arts Entertainment, told said: ?I already have pictures on my CD and it is flying off the shelves.?

A commercial has also cashed in on controversy with DVD promotion saying ?The media calls it a crazy craze ? watch it now.?

Superintendent Randy Liverpool said it was the job of the promoter to stop people bringing in aerosols.

He said: ?There is an accountability on the concert organiser to ensure the event is safe and there is proper security.

?We would discourage him from encouraging people to bring these things to public events.

?Should someone be harmed or injured certainly we would be looking at the organiser himself if he had knowledge that such devices were being brought to the concert.

?It would be a matter for the Director of Public Prosecutions.?

And he chided Mr. Phillips for saying there was no problem with the fiery display by fans keen to show support for artists.

Supt. Liverpool raised the tragedy at a club in Rhode Island years back where scores of people died or were injured after an accident in an organised pyrotechnic show.

However Mr. Phillips said of the aerosol craze: ?We don?t promote or dis-promote it, it is something that happens.?

He said the cans must have been smuggled into the gig past security or people might have thrown them over the fence and collected them later.

The phenomenon of torch tributes to artists had been in the industry for 15 to 20 years said Mr. Phillips.

?There is always that threat the flame could go back in the can but to my knowledge it?s never happened.?

However Police and Fire chiefs came together at a press conference yesterday to warn that people ran the risk of severe burns or even death from the homemade flamethrowers.

Fire Service Divisional Officer Anthony Caisey said the cans had no spark arrestors to stop burn back igniting the highly flammable liquid petroleum gas in the cans.

He said: ?Once a vapour cloud has been formed in a semi-closed environment such as that under a tent, the results can be devastating causing major burns or death either to the users or bystanders.?

The craze has been featured on several Bermuda websites.

?Some of the pictures we have seen reveal flames from these containers were reaching in excess of six feet and in some cases narrowly missing other concert goers,? said Mr. Caisey.

And Police warned bystanders could get hit deliberately or accidentally hit by flame jets.

Supt. Liverpool said: ?Given the recent space of violent acts at public events it is of utmost concern to the BPS that the fiery use of aerosol cans and other similar apparatus can easily be adapted for use as offensive weapons.?

Bermuda has already seen people badly burned after they came across naked flames while using Baygon for attacking insects, said fire chiefs.