.."ooooo weeeee....she blowed up good....she blowed up real good !"
Posted on 08/29/2009 8:27:29 AM PDT by lex33
August 29, 2009
A Joliet woman suffered second-degree burns Tuesday night after she used a cigarette lighter to help her see how much gas was in a can she was been filling.
The incident happened at a 7-Eleven gas station at 1609 E. Cass about 10:30 p.m., police said.
The 27-year-old woman "was filling up a gas can, which was sitting on the passenger seat of the car. [She] then used a lighter to . . . observe how full the can was," police said.
The flame ignited the gas, and the can exploded, setting the car's interior aflame.
Apparently afraid that the fire would spread to the gas pump she had been using, the woman began to push the burning car.
The car was about five feet from the gas pumps and engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived.
The woman was treated at the scene for second-degree burns to her right wrist and right thigh before being taken to Silver Cross Hospital. Her injuries were serious but not life-threatening.
Herald News
Hold muh beer alert!
Prayers for the woman’s recovery - and uhm... for her to gain some sense.
Yep. There’s our new Secretary of Energy. I don’t care that’s funny right there.
Wait until we have hydrogen cars. The fuel is more volatile, and the flames are invisible. You could be on fire and not even know it. (Though eventually you will catch on).
Thank God this imbecile did not have a child strapped in a car seat. Hopefully, she has not reproduced.
P.S.—They should have put her picture in the story as well, with the caption, “Do not allow this person to breed.”
This lady could actually be the 2009 Honorable Mention for the 2009 Darwin Award...See similar 1999 Honorable Mention: Kaboom!
Amazing.
Beat me to it by 13 seconds. Damn. Evelyn Woodward have a speed-typing course?
yes the new Business Czar......abbreviated 'Bizarre'
>>You could be on fire and not even know it. (Though eventually you will catch on).<<
Light a man a fire and you will keep him warm for a night. Light a man on fire and he’ll be warm the rest of his life.
.."ooooo weeeee....she blowed up good....she blowed up real good !"
bttt
This is why we need to switch to all electric cars, as quickly as possible.
Think of the children!
There are way too many incidents like this.
That would be "stupid check FOUR". Stupid check THREE was having the transmission in neutral while filling the gas can inside the car.
I wonder if there will be a lawsuit against the 7-11 for not having a sign about the dangers of a cigarette lighter?
I think she should be first place in the Darwin Awards.
Obama voter, no doubt.
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