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Woman Smoking While Pumping Gas Ignites Fire, Burns Self And Car
LOCAL6 FLORIDA ^ | 02 OCTOBER 2006 | LOCAL6 NEWS

Posted on 10/02/2006 4:46:35 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist

A woman in Orange County, Fla., was injured when she ignited a fire while smoking a cigarette as she filled her car with gas, according to Local 6 News.

Police said the woman was pumping gas at a Race Trac near the University of Central Florida when a cigarette butt sparked the fire.

Flames burned the gas pump and set her car on fire.

"The car is virtually ruined," a fire official at the scene said. "(It happened) just by doing something stupid by smoking while fueling her car."

Signs near the gas pump said "no smoking."

The woman will not be ticketed for the incident, Local 6 News reported.


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1 posted on 10/02/2006 4:46:35 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

looks like someone has a serious case of the stoopids


2 posted on 10/02/2006 4:48:08 PM PDT by verum ago (The Iranian Space Agency: set phasers to jihad!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

I'm surprised we don't see these articles more often. I've seen numerous people smoking while filling up.


3 posted on 10/02/2006 4:48:57 PM PDT by kenth (There are three kinds of people in the world. Those who can count, and those who can't.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Dumbass using her brand of 'common sense'.

"Burn baby, burn!"

Darwin candidate?


4 posted on 10/02/2006 4:49:08 PM PDT by butternut_squash_bisque (The recipe's at my FR HomePage. Try it!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Took a whole case of dumbass just before driving into the gas station.


5 posted on 10/02/2006 4:49:46 PM PDT by pipecorp ( Al Lahsuchs...Islam: nothing that a good crusade wouldn't fix ;; mercy is wasted on the merciless.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

"The woman will not be ticketed for the incident, Local 6 News reported."

Why on earth NOT?


6 posted on 10/02/2006 4:49:58 PM PDT by decal (Building a wall on the border is like treating lung cancer with cough syrup.)
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To: verum ago
Signs near the gas pump said "no smoking."

Who reads those? Signs on cigarette packages say worse things than that.

7 posted on 10/02/2006 4:50:19 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand ("...demolishing thought hedgemony...one post at a time...")
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist


I wonder if her car insurance covers this kind of stupidity?


8 posted on 10/02/2006 4:50:47 PM PDT by calinative31
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The woman will not be ticketed for the incident, Local 6 News reported.

But she will be given a coupon for a free Orange Mocha Frappuccino
9 posted on 10/02/2006 4:52:40 PM PDT by struwwelpeter
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To: decal

What would the ticket say?

"Smoking while STUPID"?

People have smoked while pumping gas for years.

As one poster has stated, it's a wonder more of these incidents haven't happened.

Even if it's not a violation of the law, I'm sure her insurance company isn't going to be too pleased to have to pay for the damage to the station.


10 posted on 10/02/2006 4:53:17 PM PDT by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Maybe she was smoking but my bet is on either she ignited the gas while lighting her fag of static electricity did it.


11 posted on 10/02/2006 4:55:20 PM PDT by eastforker (.308 SOCOM 16, hottest brand going.2350 FPS muzlim velocity)
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To: butternut_squash_bisque

Negative. She's still alive and probably able to reproduce.


12 posted on 10/02/2006 4:55:37 PM PDT by Gordongekko909 (Mark 5:9)
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To: struwwelpeter
Ba buh-pa CHOOSE LIFE!

::snap snap::

13 posted on 10/02/2006 4:56:19 PM PDT by Gordongekko909 (Mark 5:9)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Baby, hold muh beer, so I can light up here while gassin' up!


14 posted on 10/02/2006 4:56:29 PM PDT by paltz
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Probably a college student from Central Florida University...


15 posted on 10/02/2006 4:56:56 PM PDT by Thunder90
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To: decal
Why on earth NOT?

If she hasn't learned her lesson from this, a $50 citation isn't going to matter.

16 posted on 10/02/2006 4:57:40 PM PDT by ThinkDifferent
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The woman will not be ticketed for the incident, Local 6 News reported.

Well, after the medical bills and shopping around for another car and car insurance with only "one little claim" on her record, I suspect the local police realized they wern't gonna collect on any citations they bothered to write up.

17 posted on 10/02/2006 5:01:05 PM PDT by kittycatonline.com
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Evolutionary Line most likely to fill an Ecological Niche that will be wiped out by Global Warming


18 posted on 10/02/2006 5:01:22 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: calinative31
Insurance, insurance she don't need no stinking insurance, just a stinkin lawyer.
19 posted on 10/02/2006 5:02:02 PM PDT by boomop1 (there you go again)
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To: decal

She may not live to pay it, maybe. She could get a ticket to the next Darwin Awards though if she survives. She'll get an honorable mention as a survivor.


20 posted on 10/02/2006 5:03:08 PM PDT by phoenix0468 (http://www.mylocalforum.com -- Go Speak Your Mind.)
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