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General Category => Crime And Punishment => Topic started by: Kamaji on June 17, 2022, 12:31:35 pm
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Thief caught on camera bursting into flames while trying to steal gas in Utah amid record price surge
By Lee Brown
June 17, 2022
He really paid a high price for gas.
A Utah thief desperate to get ever-pricier gas was caught on camera drilling into a truck’s tank — then partially bursting into flames.
Shocking footage obtained by KSL TV first showed a white pickup pulling up next to a truck in the parking lot of — ironically — a fire protection company.
“The guy tried to siphon gas out of it and he wasn’t getting the siphon to work,” fed-up Summit Fire and Protection branch manager Travis Mills told the outlet.
“So he decided to drill the gas tank … and that’s when he caught on fire,” he said of the Saturday morning blaze.
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Source: https://nypost.com/2022/06/17/thief-bursts-into-flames-while-trying-to-steal-gas-in-utah/
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Darn. No Darwin award this time. But at least he got a taste of what Eternity will be like.
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Darn. No Darwin award this time. But at least he got a taste of what Eternity will be like.
:silly:
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Pretty ironic when you consider the name of the company on the truck...
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The problem was, when he couldn't get the syphon to work he should have asked his accomplice for a match, so he could check the fuel level.
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The problem was, when he couldn't get the syphon to work he should have asked his accomplice for a match, so he could check the fuel level.
I notice his 'accomplice' stayed in the truck with the A/C running while his partner was experiencing uncomfortably high temperatures around his face.