Posted on 08/28/2009 7:26:30 AM PDT by 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.
How long before the call for additional government regulations?
And the ‘winner’ of this year’s Darwin Award is:
"You can't fix stupid."
-Ron White
I am surprised she didn't try using the gasoline in the can to put the fire out.
“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?”
Poor old Chevy. I hope they can fix it.
This is known as: "compounding the fail".
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...
Just suprised she did not try to put out the FIRE by pouring her bottle of Vodka on it...
Spell check is your friend....
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]
Obviously,her burns would be treated under HR 3200,since she
has to be a democrat!
"Ya cain't fix stupid!"
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.
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. ;)
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...
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