Woman’s lighter sparks blaze at gas station

[bleedingheart]

"19-year-old suffers burns on face, torso after ‘freak accident’ in N.M.


LA PLATA, N.M. - A 19-year-old woman caught fire after she was fiddling with a cigarette lighter as she pumped gas, authorities said."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19884050/

updated for link

You know...I have seen people smoke while pumping gas...and those who leave their engines running even though the signs at every gas station say..

"Turn off your engine"
"Do no smoke"

I feel bad for this gal but "freak accident"...this is called stupidity...at 19 she should have had a basic understanding that gas is flammable and that playing with a lighter while pumping gas is stupid.

I can't imagine the pain she is in...I did some work in a burn unit years ago as part of a study. Burns are some of the worst injuries to suffer.

[Wapsie B]

1. Darwin Award nominee here.

What number are we up to now?

I feel bad for her too. But Jeezus H. Christ she doesn't know that gas is highly flammable? :eyes:

[Mutley]

2. I feel bad for her, too, but

why the hell would she play with her lighter As she is pumping gas? She's lucky she didn't kill herself and others.