What the what!? A gas thief catches on fire while stealing gas and has to stop, drop and roll before fleeing the scene!
A Utah thief desperate to get gas was caught on camera drilling into a truck’s tank causing it burst into flames. Video footage shows 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,” Summit Fire & Protection manager Travis Mills said. “So he decided to drill the gas tank and that’s when he caught on fire,” he said of the Saturday morning blaze. The thief is under the rear of the truck then suddenly jumps up and runs away with his T-shirt on fire. He then fell to the ground and rolled across the parking lot, before he jumps into the pickup.
It’s not clear how injured the thief was, or if he was ever identified or found. However, Mills stressed that the raider was lucky the truck was close to empty at the time. “If there were more gas in it than a gallon, this thing would have absolutely turned into a bomb.”
Full Story: (KSL TV5)
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