Woman burned filling gas can

Southtown Chicago ^ | August 28, 2009

[KeyLargo]

Woman burned filling gas can

August 28, 2009

SUN-TIMES NEWS GROUP

A 27-year-old Joliet woman suffered second-degree burns after using a cigarette lighter to see how much gas was in the can she was filling.

Police reports say it was about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday when the woman drove to the 7-Eleven at 1609 E. Cass St. in Joliet in a yellow 1970 Chevrolet.

"(The woman) was filling up a gas can, which was sitting on the passenger seat of the car. (She) then used a lighter to use as a light to observe how full the can was," police said.

The can ignited from the lighter's flame and the resulting explosion also set the vehicle's interior ablaze.

Apparently fearful the fire could spread to the fuel pump she was using, the victim began to push the burning car.

Firefighters reported the Chevrolet was "approximately five feet from the pumps and fully involved" when they arrived.

The woman was taken to Silver Cross Hospital in Joliet and treated for serious, but non-life-threatening second-degree burns to her right wrist and right thigh.

[KeyLargo]

[FourPeas]

How long before the call for additional government regulations?

[ClearCase_guy]

[Outlaw Woman]

And the ‘winner’ of this year’s Darwin Award is:

[SIDENET]

A 27-year-old Joliet woman suffered second-degree burns after using a cigarette lighter to see how much gas was in the can she was filling.

"You can't fix stupid."

-Ron White

[JrsyJack]

"(The woman) was filling up a gas can, which was sitting on the passenger seat of the car. (She) then used a lighter to use as a light to observe how full the can was," police said.

I am surprised she didn't try using the gasoline in the can to put the fire out.

[jessduntno]

“A 27-year-old Joliet woman suffered second-degree burns after using a cigarette lighter to see how much gas was in the can she was filling.”

Just before doing this she said to her friend “hold muh beer a minute, would ya?”

[Constitution Day]

Firefighters reported the Chevrolet was "approximately five feet from the pumps and fully involved" when they arrived.

Poor old Chevy. I hope they can fix it.

[SIDENET]

the victim began to push the burning car.

This is known as: "compounding the fail".

[Max_850]

I give her a little credit for pushing the car away from the pump.

Just suprised she did not try to put out the far by pouring her bottle of Vodka on it...

[dog breath]

I hope the poor woman is not in too much pain, thats a very high price for being stupid.

[Max_850]

Just suprised she did not try to put out the FIRE by pouring her bottle of Vodka on it...

Spell check is your friend....

[Loyal Buckeye]

As mayor, Ralph Perk became the subject of national ridicule on October 16, 1972, when he accidentally set his hair on fire while he attempted to use a welder’s torch for a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a convention in Cleveland [1]

[Dr. Ursus]

Obviously,her burns would be treated under HR 3200,since she
has to be a democrat!

[Wardenclyffe]

"Ya cain't fix stupid!"

[Sparko]

We’ve all done a stupid thing or two and gotten away with it at least one time.

Points off for the lighter, but she gets a point for trying to move her burning car from the pumps.

[Constitution Day]

Just suprised she did not try to put out the FIRE by pouring her bottle of Vodka on it...

Hey now! Don't be so hard on yourself.

I've heard people here in North Carolina call a fire a "far" off and on for years! We've gotta watch out for those forest fars, ya know. ;)

[Smokin' Joe]

"(The woman) was filling up a gas can, which was sitting on the passenger seat of the car. (She) then used a lighter to use as a light to observe how full the can was," police said.

Incredibly dumb. "Gimme a match, I think my gas tank is empty..." was a joke when we were kids.

The can ignited from the lighter's flame and the resulting explosion also set the vehicle's interior ablaze.

Nope, the gasoline vapors ignited, which is why she got in trouble to begin with...

Apparently fearful the fire could spread to the fuel pump she was using, the victim began to push the burning car.

Either a brave and selfless act or derived of fear of liability, but either way an act of repentance.

I pray she heals quickly and well and learns from her pain...

[KeyLargo]

dumb dude at the gas station

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS4gqDIyW_s

[KeyLargo]

Gas station stupid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2fI9OU2HWk

[109ACS]

Spell check is your friend....

Here in the South, that's how we pronounce the word "FIRE".

....which reminds me of a joke.

Southern Baptist biblical scholars figured out the 3 wise men were actually Fire Fighters. Their reasoning? Simple really, they had all just come from a "far".

[GeronL]

Darwin nominees must stop themselves from breeding

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Publik skool anyone?

[Daffynition]

[NCjim]

Reminds me of little Johnny who played one of the wise men in the Christmas pageant. He showed up for the dress rehearsal in a fireman’s hat. When questioned by his teacher, he said, “But you said that they came from afar!”

[1rudeboy]

And the ‘winner’ of this year’s Darwin Award is . . . .

She didn't die, thus she is disqualified.

[NCjim]

Dang, you’re quick! :-)

[albie]

This will give Illinois dems good reason to force station owners to remove self serve and replace with full serve ONLY like in NJ. This, of course, will close some stations and increase the cost of gas as it did in NJ.

[skully]

bets she was an Obama voter??

[cripplecreek]

Obviously she needs to sue the oil companies for producing not one but two dangerous products.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

I clicked on this article because I thought some weird thing had happened - something you never would have thought of to cause this accident....only to learn she was just a dumbass.

[latina4dubya]

Spell check is your friend....

i had thought you meant to say "far,"... i liked it...

[rightly_dividing]

Spell check is your friend....

Fire... far, it all depends on where you live :)

My dad used to start fars, and he had R in his tires, and the bombers that he worked on dropped bums!

But spell check is my friend, and a close one too, I might add!

[BornToBeAmerican]

And the Darwin Award winner goes to.......

[BornToBeAmerican]

oops, posted about the same response as you.

[buffyt]

He probably meant to say FAR. That is a southern drawl way of saying Fire. Poking fun of the hick who set herself on FAR. A friend of mine is from Arkansas, when her mother got angry she would say “That just makes me mad as far Marilyn Rae”

[mbs6]

Straight out of an old Three Stooges routine.

[Outlaw Woman]

Not all Darwinians die. In any case, she should qualify for some STUPID award.

[1rudeboy]

Yes, but in order to qualify for the Darwin Awards, you must.

[ravingnutter]

Hookt on Fonics Werks Fur Yoo!

[Judith Anne]

“Forced Fars” here in the Ozarks.

[OneWingedShark]

...what a dumb-ass.
How could she have made it 27 years w/o killing herself?

[Outlaw Woman]

Plenty of Honorable Mentions in Darwin Award. Sheesh...
Check it out for yourself

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Chicago democrat?

[Constitution Day]

LOL!!

[1rudeboy]

Why should I check it out? Find me a “winner” (your word) who didn’t die. What’s gotten you into a twist. You made a simple error.

[Just another Joe]

Poor old Chevy. I hope they can fix it.

Nope, it's a clinker. Trade it in, NOW!

[Constitution Day]

LOL.

Am I the only one who’s sick to death of the word CLUNKER?

[Outlaw Woman]

And the new Honarable Mention of Darwin: 1rudeboy

[Just another Joe]

Am I the only one who’s sick to death of the word CLUNKER?

Ah, but mine was a play on words.
You remember the old coal burning furnaces?
You used to get small cinders out of them but the big pieces were "clinkers" because that was the sound they made when they struck each other. "Clink"

I guess I'm dating myself.

[Constitution Day]

Sorry, I don’t remember those! I’ve heard the term before, though. :)

Living here in the South, I don’t think even my older relatives had many coal furnaces! Perhaps it is a regional thing?