Driver sets fire to petrol station by using lighter to kill spider while filling up

A driver has apologised after he set a petrol station on fire when trying to kill a spider with his lighter as he filled up. The motorist can be heard on surveillance video at the garage looking at the car and asking: “Is that a spider in there?” Flames are then seen erupting along the car’s side, the pump and the pavement as the man darts to safety.

It is just one of those things that happen - stupidity.

Petrol station attendant Susan Adams

Susan Adams, the attendant at the petrol station in suburban Detroit, hit the stop button on the pump and called firefighters, but the man had used a fire extinguisher to put out the flames by the time they arrived. He escaped injury and his vehicle suffered little damage but the petrol pump was destroyed. Ms Adams said the man returned to say sorry the next day.

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