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Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 7:49 pm
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victor ... 5902834769
Rescue drama as silly servo smoker sets himself on fire
A MAN set himself on fire after lighting a cigarette at an Ocean Grove petrol station yesterday.
Servo Owner Eddie Castello's quick thinking saved the man's life and averted potential disaster at the BP Pitstop when the man caught alight while sitting in the car holding a full can of petrol, the Geelong Advertiser reports.
Mr Castello quickly grabbed a fire extinguisher and sprayed the flames through the passenger window when the man caught fire shortly before 1pm yesterday.
"His whole jumper was on fire," Mr Castello said.
"The interior of the car looked like it was pretty damaged too."
The two men in the car, aged in their twenties, fled the scene once the flames were extinguished.
"We're not too fussed about teaching them a lesson; they learnt one pretty quickly," Mr Castello said.
He said the situation could have been much worse at the petrol station, which is on the busy Wallington Rd close to houses and shops.
His brother, Damien Castello, had to hose down the petrol station after the incident but said it was not permanently damaged by the fire.
"I thought by now everyone knew not to light cigarettes in petrol stations; they're lucky they weren't killed," he said.
Rescue drama as silly servo smoker sets himself on fire
A MAN set himself on fire after lighting a cigarette at an Ocean Grove petrol station yesterday.
Servo Owner Eddie Castello's quick thinking saved the man's life and averted potential disaster at the BP Pitstop when the man caught alight while sitting in the car holding a full can of petrol, the Geelong Advertiser reports.
Mr Castello quickly grabbed a fire extinguisher and sprayed the flames through the passenger window when the man caught fire shortly before 1pm yesterday.
"His whole jumper was on fire," Mr Castello said.
"The interior of the car looked like it was pretty damaged too."
The two men in the car, aged in their twenties, fled the scene once the flames were extinguished.
"We're not too fussed about teaching them a lesson; they learnt one pretty quickly," Mr Castello said.
He said the situation could have been much worse at the petrol station, which is on the busy Wallington Rd close to houses and shops.
His brother, Damien Castello, had to hose down the petrol station after the incident but said it was not permanently damaged by the fire.
"I thought by now everyone knew not to light cigarettes in petrol stations; they're lucky they weren't killed," he said.