82 year old man burned siphoning gas from his car

[cholo]

http://wtop.com/index.php?sid=532655&nid=25

The man had returned home from grocery shopping Wednesday evening and locked his keys inside the vehicle while it was still running, Davies said. Unable to get them out, the man left the car running in his driveway and went to bed. The next morning, the car was still running.

Determined to stop the car, the man pulled out an electric vacuum cleaner around 7:30 a.m. and attempted to drain the gas tank. The vacuum cleaner's electric motor caused a spark and ignited the gas, Davies said.

Bring on the red

 

[Tinkerbell]

You've got to be kidding me!!

 

[Cletus_Vandam]

What's the problem here???? Wasn't it a "WET" or dry vac?

 

[ocean733]

I suppose he didn't have AAA

 

[cholo]

I suppose he didn't have AAA

I was wondering that too. At first I thought, what was the guy going to do once he got the car shut off? He'd still need to get into the car. Then I realized he lived with family, who weren't home at the time and probably had a spare set of keys.

 

[nawty1]

Guess at 82 he couldn't have done it "the old fashioned" way...get a hose buddy!

Wow! Amazing how he got to be 82 .. hmmm .. gas ... fumes ... electric ... spark ... nah, it'll be alright :silly: