Showing posts with label gas cans and lighters don't mix. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gas cans and lighters don't mix. Show all posts

Saturday, August 29, 2009

This is why you keep a flashlight in your glove compartment

What NOT to do when you get to a gas station:

Drive up to said gas station with a gas can on your passenger seat. Check

Decide to check to see how much gas is in the can by using a lighter. Check

Fail to understand gas is extremely flammable. Check

Yet this is exactly what a 27-year-old Joliet woman did on Tuesday, suffering 2nd-degree burns. Naperville City Desk sincerely hopes the young woman heals quickly and learns a valuable lesson from this mental lapse. If anyone cares to provide the woman's address we're happy to cut into the office fudgesicle fund to send her a flashlight and some batteries to keep in her car for any future lighting needs.