Nice try kid...
Posted on 01/03/2010 6:03:54 PM PST by DogByte6RER
Longview teen badly burned while siphoning gas
By Erik Olson
The Daily News
Friday, January 1, 2010
A 17-year-old Longview boy suffered serious burns on his chest and abdomen early Friday morning after he lit a cigarette while attempting to siphon gasoline from a car in the Beacon Hill area, according to police and firefighters.
The teenose name was not released, suffered first- and second-degree burns over 30 percent of his body and was transported to St. John Medical Center, Cowlitz 2 Fire and Rescue lieutenant Jason Sanders said. The burns extended to his pelvis, hands and feet, Sanders said.
The Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office will forward the case to the prosecutor's office to determine whether the boy will face charges for attempted theft, Sgt. Troy Brightbill said.
The incident happened in the 100 block of Alpha Road Drive. The teen apparently lives in the area and was attempting to siphon gasoline from a neighbor's vehicle for a friend's car, Sanders said. The boy was with a group of friends, who made the emergency call, he said.
The vehicle sustained minor damage when the gasoline fumes ignited, he said.
"The fumes from the gas and the cigarette decided to catch fire," Sanders said.
The incident highlights the danger of having an open flame near gasoline, Sanders said.
"Any time you're working around fuel or gasoline, do not light a match or smoke."
(Editor's note: This story has been corrected to show the siphoning involved a neighbor's car, not that of a relative of the teen.)
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Darwin award winner
Never play around intelligent gas fumes, or intelligent cigarettes.
Nice try kid...
He was a contender, but he lived. No cigar!
Teenagers - they still think they know it all!
Yeah that caught my eye too. Decided?
“The fumes from the gas and the cigarette decided to catch fire,” Sanders said.
OK.
The deliberation must have been quite exhilarating.
Never play around intelligent gas fumes, or intelligent cigarettes.
Maybe they're co-evolving due to the teen-stupidity rich environment.
It must have been the lighting of the cigarette that ignited the gas fumes, because I have never been able to ignite gasoline (or fumes) with merely a cigarette, although I tried different variations.
Spoken like a hillbilly, volunteer dumba$$. What? did they vote on it? Maybe get a binding UN resolution? WTF?
It's pure and simple science.
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Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner.
I once watched a neighbor of my parents do this - he was siphoning gas out of his lawn tractor to put into his car, while smoking. No explosion though.
I’ll bet when he was a baby his parents stood him on his soft spot.
Never play around intelligent gas fumes, or intelligent cigarettes.
LOL I just knew someone was going to pick up on that!
They were probably egged on by the SUV.
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