# Concentrated sunlight using mirrors enough to kill someone?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 8, 2023, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concentrated-sunlight-using-mirrors-enough-to-kill-someone/983739 "2023-05-08T08:29:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concentrated-sunlight-using-mirrors-enough-to-kill-someone/983739/26 "2023-05-08T21:52:28Z")

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Okay, I’m not going senile. A long ago banned/suspended poster here claiming to represent a panhandler’s union (whatever that is exactly) wanted to know if you could set cops on fire at protests by doing this.

[Mirror protest - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mirror-protest/500473)

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