[Faline]

A man is facing charges after his wife caught fire at a gas station in Clarksville. Surveillance footage captured the terrifying moment. Police said 37-year-old Austin Dawkins held up a cigarette lighter too close to the gas pump as he was filling up his truck at a Gulf Food Mart on Grant Street. An explosion erupted, engulfing Dawkins' 30-year-old wife Jessica in flames.

Jessica Dawkins was rushed to the hospital. She sustained critical injuries, including second-degree burns to her arms, legs, back and head.

Austin Dawkins also sustained minor injuries to his hands.

After examining the video, the state insurance commissioner and fire investigators issued a warrant for Dawkins' arrest, citing reckless conduct.

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[kellyhound]

douchebag.

in more happier times.

[Dennislp3]

I like how nobody just says how it is...he was fucking stupid...

[NoelPuppet]

That ain't no way to treat a lady
No way to treat yer baby
Yer wo-man
Yer friend
--Helen Reddy

[Shakey]

Brainless.

[concerned1]

[spills]

I don't understand it. Her hair wasn't even singed, and she looked fine when she trotted off.

[biglarry]

I saw a young woman talking on her cell phone and smoking a cigarette while pumping gas. There were signs posted that both are prohibited. I can understand someone not knowing that a cell phone could ignite gasoline vapors but a lit cigarette is common sense. Since she was holding her phone with one hand she had to hold the nozzle AND her cigarette with the other hand.
http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-205_162-617547.html

[linearphaze]

actually it is incredibly hard to light gasoline with a cigarette. we put a cup of gasoline in the bottom of a bucket and threw 20 cigarettes lit into it without one flame. And the idea that cellphones will ignite gasoline is a proven myth, I saw it on mythbusters lol

[biglarry]

Originally Posted by linearphaze ↗

actually it is incredibly hard to light gasoline with a cigarette. we put a cup of gasoline in the bottom of a bucket and threw 20 cigarettes lit into it without one flame. And the idea that cellphones will ignite gasoline is a proven myth, I saw it on mythbusters lol

Just because Mythbusters couldn't cause gasoline vapors to ignite by a cell phone doesn't mean it's impossible.
Flames shot up around a 21-year-old college student whose cell phone rang while he was pumping gas.

Firefighters said Matthew Erhorn, a SUNY New Paltz student, received minor burns at a Mobil station near the New York State Thurway (Interstate 87) Thursday night.

"I'm very surprised," Erhorn said.

He shouldn't have been. There's a sign at the pumps at the New Paltz gas station warning that cell phones should be turned off for safety while pumping gas.

Firefighters believe the cell phone ignited vapors coming from the car's fuel tank as it was being filled.

It doesn't take much of a charge to ignite gasoline vapors, New Paltz fire chief Patrick Koch told WCBS-AM's Peter Haskell. "Anything, really. Women's nylon stockings when they get out of a vehicle, that can cause a spark, too."

That's why motorists are told "don't use their cell phones when they're pumping gas. Really, it's deadly," Koch said.