Michigan man tries to kill a spider at the gas pump...WITH A LIGHTER (video @ link)

[Miles Archer]

Video @ the URL below.

A Michigan man trying to kill a spider at a gas station ended up starting a massive fire!

He tried to kill the insect with a lighter. The flame mixed with the fuel and engulfed the gas pump.

Amazingly, the man escaped serious injury. He grabbed a nearby extinguisher before firefighters arrived.

The fuel pump was damaged, but his car was not. The man even returned to the same station the next day!

http://www.ktnv.com/now-trending/man-tries-to-kill-gas-pump-spiderwith-lighter

[Vinca]

1. If this guy has a political affiliation, we can guess what it is. LOL.

Next time he'll probably just shoot the spider.

[struggle4progress]

2. Frickin gas pumps really oughta have a frickin warnin on em

[Hoppy]

3. How'd the spider make out during all of that?

[Renew Deal]

5. You only get one when you die

[ProfessorGAC]

6. How About Honorable Mention?

I'd vote for that for this guy

[snooper2]

8. He didn't get hurt enough, now had he lost his penis and was unable to reproduce

then possibly honorable award....

there are rules around this

[ProfessorGAC]

13. Man, Are You Strict!

Guy destroys a gas pump and is lucky he didn't self-immolate and you want to throw rules into the equation!

We've got to give him some sort of recognition don't we?

[Renew Deal]

9. Me too

He was probably smoking when he did that.

[pipoman]

12. A cigarette will not ignite gasoline.

[Renew Deal]

14. Right

[pipoman]

15. Lighting the cigarette OTOH....

I learned this in an automotive course 30 years ago...I did see the episode you linked a few years ago..

[snooper2]

17. gasoline needs an open flame to ignite, Mythbusters did this years ago...

My wife was giving me shit just a couple weekends ago, why you smoking while putting gas in the mower!

I put some gas in a cup and threw my cig in it LOL...she just shakes head You learned something new today!

[WillowTree]

7. Stupid gotta stupid.

[Octafish]

10. It is a sick person who sets fire to insects.

That kind of monster grows up to be pretzeldent.

[Reter]

11. Spiders aren't insects

You would think a major news story would spot that error.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

16. No matter: BUGS! BUGS! BUGS! EEK!

Much like the Repubs screaming BENGHAZI! BENGHAZI! BENGHAZI!

The story also called it a "massive" fire, yet the gas station was open for business later in the day. Must have been a very small massive fire.