Gas hoarder flees police in high speed chase -- car ends up bursting into flames

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Hoarding gasoline and fleeing from the police in a high speed chase – what could go wrong?

Spoiler alert: Fire could go wrong.

Gas hoarder flees police in high speed chase — car ends up bursting into flames
A South Carolina woman who was hoarding gasoline caught on fire this Thursday after her car burst into flames, ABC News reports.According to the Pickens County Sheriff's Office, a deputy attempted
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6:23 PM · May 14, 2021

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A South Carolina woman who was hoarding gasoline caught on fire this Thursday after her car burst into flames, ABC News reports.

According to the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy attempted to stop a car with a stolen license plate, but the driver “accelerated the vehicle in an attempt to elude law enforcement.”

“The deputy then activated his vehicle’s siren. Before the deputy could complete radio traffic with the Communications center, the driver of the Pontiac lost control of the vehicle leaving the roadway and completely flipping the vehicle,” the Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.

“Multiple explosions” could be heard coming from inside the car before the driver, identified as Jessica Gale Patterson, exited the car on fire.

“The deputy pushed Ms. Patterson to the ground in order to put out the flames,” the sheriff’s office said.

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[ecstatic]

1. I can't. nt

[Hugh_Lebowski]

2. I hate when that happens (nt)

[SergeStorms]

3. Karma...

or in her case, Carma, is a helluva' master. It will teach you, whether you want to taught or not.

[BigmanPigman]

4. ...

[Grokenstein]

5. This morning in a thread about DeJoy someone pointed out

that all those undelivered or dead chicks mean a chicken shortage in the very near future.

So brace yourselves for the sight of panicky idiots, morons and buffoons stuffing their trunks with hundreds of packages of raw chicken for which they don't have storage, followed a week or two later by the inevitable articles about salmonella and botulism fatalities.

[pbmus]

6. Lol

[WestIndianArchie]

7. Now that's not very nice 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[lame54]

10. Sounds like Florida Man is franchising

[kysrsoze]

8. Darwin's Theory in action. Today's lucky winner!

[dalton99a]

9. Jessica Gale Patterson

(Pickens County booking photo, 2014)

[Grokenstein]

11. Hummer Explodes After Driver Stockpiles Gasoline in Back

When what looks to be a Hummer H2 went up in flames in Homosassa, Florida on Wednesday, Citrus County Fire Rescue discovered the exact scene everyone's been warned about. The vehicle's driver had just filled up multiple containers of gasoline during what looks to be a panic-buying spree but didn't make it far from the pumps before the fuel ignited. Emergency personnel had the fire contained in roughly 10 minutes after arriving and although an injury was reported, the person refused medical transport against the advice of on-scene workers.

https://www.thedrive.com/news/40596/hummer-erupts-in-flames-just-feet-from-gas-pump-after-stockpiling-fuel-in-the-trunk

A Reddit post claims the driver lit a cigarette in the Hummer, causing the fuel to combust, but that alleged detail is nowhere to be found in records of the incident.

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection was called on to coordinate a clean-up of the spilled fuel. It seems like the gas was properly stored, which can't be said for a ton of other viral moments amidst the East Coast's fuel shortage. With the Colonial Pipeline back in operation, hopefully we'll see fewer folks buy in unnecessary bulk—and without any plastic bags in hand.

[Bullfeathers]

12. Pontiac?

Do they still make those cars? Did she think the cop was going to take her gas? honestly do I laugh or cry