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2022-06-18 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Thief caught on camera bursting into flames while trying to steal gas in Utah amid record price surge

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Posted by Fred 2022-06-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Happening here too. It was back in the 70s 'oil crisis' that locking gas caps came into wide spread use.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-06-18 07:29|| 2022-06-18 07:29|| Front Page Top

#2

The guy differently was not old school trained.

Don't drill, use a slight filed 10p nail with tar on the tip and rubber hammer. No sparks.

Or,
a hose and a plastic bag or towel wrapped around the hose at the tank, to seal in the air that you blow into the hose, which then causes a reverse flow situation.

Posted by NN2N1 2022-06-18 07:40|| 2022-06-18 07:40|| Front Page Top

#3 Point of irony: it was a fire protection company truck that he was trying to tap.

Posted by ed in texas 2022-06-18 10:47|| 2022-06-18 10:47|| Front Page Top

#4 Made an ash of himself.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2022-06-18 13:05|| 2022-06-18 13:05|| Front Page Top

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