I am the best scientist -- not

When i was little, i always do experiments like the volcanoes by using baking soda, invisible inks from lemon juice stuff like that.. So i came across this experiment that when you dipped the cotton balls with alcohol and put fire on it the cottons will not burn..(or something like that) and being the curious person that i am, i did the experiment..without adult supervision..i did that in our backyard garden coz' i thought it'll be safe but i ended up burning a small tree in our backyard..the whole household went mad when they saw the fire and i never experimented after that.

By the way, the cotton balls did not burn. :D