Was at the petrol station and waiting in line for some gas and there was this Citroen on the next booth.
The lady went inside the petrol kiosk and left her teenage daughter to fill up. As the teen finished the task, she begun to withdraw the pump from the car's tank, but before she pulled it out completely, she tapped the nozzle several times on the metal edge of the filling hole to get rid of any drip. The impact caused some sparks and before we know it there was this 2-feet gout of flame shooting out from the Citroen's tank.
Needless to say, I wasn't about to hang around to watch the 'fireworks'. I quickly put the car in reverse and got the hell out of dodge.
Luckily the attendant responded quickly and had a fire extinguisher but for several anxious moments (which seemed like eternity), people were running around panic stricken not knowing what to do.
I'm sure several of us here, at some stage, probably did the same thing by tapping the pump's nozzle when we finish filling up petrol without realizing the potential consequences. Well, this is a good lesson not to do it.
The lady went inside the petrol kiosk and left her teenage daughter to fill up. As the teen finished the task, she begun to withdraw the pump from the car's tank, but before she pulled it out completely, she tapped the nozzle several times on the metal edge of the filling hole to get rid of any drip. The impact caused some sparks and before we know it there was this 2-feet gout of flame shooting out from the Citroen's tank.
Needless to say, I wasn't about to hang around to watch the 'fireworks'. I quickly put the car in reverse and got the hell out of dodge.
Luckily the attendant responded quickly and had a fire extinguisher but for several anxious moments (which seemed like eternity), people were running around panic stricken not knowing what to do.
I'm sure several of us here, at some stage, probably did the same thing by tapping the pump's nozzle when we finish filling up petrol without realizing the potential consequences. Well, this is a good lesson not to do it.
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