[lacrew]

I drove up to a station once, and an employee was filling the washer fluid buckets...with a cigarette in her mouth.

Her boss comes running out screaming to put it out.

The employee said "Sorry, I forgot."

Forgot? Just how do you forget that?

[MarchonDC09122009]

I don’t smoke, and would Never do so anywhere near gasoline.
However, I’ve had Lucky car mechanics adamantly tell me a cigarette can’t cause a gasoline fire ‘cuz it burned at a lower ignition temp point than gas.

Look at what Myth busters found:

MythBusters Special 7: Hollywood on Trial

http://mythresults.com/special7

It is possible to ignite a pool of gasoline using only a cigarette.

*Partly plausible -

A cigarette has the potential to light a pool of gasoline but just doesn’t have enough sustained heat. Gas ignites between 500 °F and 540 °F, the cigarette at its hottest was between 450 °F and 500 °F but only when it was actually being smoked. An ignition is very improbable.