Gas Station + Friend + Match = Near Disaster

The Los Angeles Fire Department has long emphasized the importance of safety at automotive fueling stations, an issue highlighted in a popular LAFD video of a gasoline pump fire accidently caused by static electricity.

Some blazes at gas stations however, are the result of foolish and potentially deadly behavior.

This week in Arizona, surveillance video captured the result of a passenger playing with fire while a car was being refueled:


Igniting both a vehicle and it's driver, what was likely intended as a prank leaves a 'friend' with painful and debilitating burns - in an event that didn't need to happen.

The LAFD joins the National Fire Protection Association and Petroleum Equipment Institute in reminding you...

Be Safe at the Service Station!


Submitted by Brian Humphrey, Spokesman
Los Angeles Fire Department