JohnB Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 http://iinet.net.au/customers/news/articles/741131.html Police say the woman in her 20s had just made a purchase at the service station and was walking back to her car when she was seen to be well alight by witnesses. How on earth did she not notice this?
Shadow Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 Not everyone notices they're hot until it's too late... Seriously though, this sounds a little like the 1546 Mayor of Warsaw from Red Dwarf...
inuhbad Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 Wearing a sweater while standing near the fuel tank opening (while filling) is not very smart. Saw somewhere else online a video of a woman standing beside her car while filling it, wearing a sweater. The fumes of gasoline can be retained in the sweater fibers. The moment she touched somethign metal/grounded, she had a static electricity discharge, and almost immediately her upper body ignited in flames! Also, don't wear fleece, or the older 'windbreaker' style athletic fabric when you're near an oxygen source as they, too, can spontaneously ignite with just a spark.
iNow Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 Yeah, but most people don't get dressed in the morning thinking, "I wonder whether or not I'll be putting gas into my car today."
JohnB Posted February 6, 2009 Author Posted February 6, 2009 Interesting idea inuhbad, I wonder if the same applies for other fabrics. It's summer down here and I doubt she was wearing any type of heavy clothing in 30 degree Celcius heat.
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