Police: Man Stealing Gas Uses Lighter To Check On Progress

[The Straight Story]

Police: Man Stealing Gas Uses Lighter To Check On Progress

POSTED: 10:38 am EDT June 2, 2005

THURMAN, N.Y. -- A tip for would-be gasoline thieves: When stealing gas in the dark, don't use a lighter to see how you're doing.

Authorities say that's what one man did when he was siphoning gas from a dump truck at a business in the Adirondacks.

The sheriff's department says he was transferring the fuel from the truck to a gas can when he used a lighter to see how full the container had become.

That sparked a fire that caused minor burns to his face and hands. The fire spread to a nearby forklift, which was destroyed in the blaze.

http://www.local6.com/news/4559768/detail.html

[ISUGRADIA]

1. another darwin award candidate enters the arena

[Boomer]

4. Wrong direction

He may be entering the arena, but I suspect it won't be much longer before he's exiting the gene pool.

Sheesh.

[tk2kewl]

2. jackass

my cousin use to steal gas in the 70s and stole some diesel by mistake. dumbass really screwed up his car.

[lenidog]

3. Competition for the Darwin Awards seem to be very fierce this year

[flakey_foont]

5. that makes as much sense

as Freddy Krueger scratching his nuts

[Catma]

6. He's so smart! n/t

[Eagle_Eye]

7. Bullwinkle, did you use a match to check the gas tank?

No Rockey, I used my lighter!

[mopaul]

8. why would george bush need to be syphoning gas anyway?

shouldn't he be in d.c.?

[Dr Batsen D Belfry]

9. He needed the gas

for his Segway

DBDB

[mopaul]

10. yeah, when they run out of gas, it get's dicey

prince abdullah won't turn up the spigot

[genieroze]

11. Typical * supporter.