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General Category => Discover Seattle! => Topic started by: TehBorken on Oct 02 06 04:41

Title: Stupidity Meter off the scale
Post by: TehBorken on Oct 02 06 04:41
Wow, the Stupidity Meter is off the scale........!
[hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"][h1 class="Headline"]Woman Smoking While Pumping Gas Ignites Fire, Burns Self And Car[/h1]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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Title: Re: Stupidity Meter off the scale
Post by: 49er on Oct 02 06 07:18
I've seen this often........smoking at the gas pumps, mainly women.   (....and I'm not being a sexist)
Title: Re: Stupidity Meter off the scale
Post by: kingy on Oct 03 06 04:54
why didnt they ticket her? she earned it.