A 26-year-old Australian man was arrested after he set himself on fire and caused an estimated $110,000 of damage when he lit a cigarette while allegedly stealing gasoline from a car.

In surveillance video, a fireball can be seen as the man accidentally lights the siphoned fuel on fire with his cigarette. See the video below:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XSbGwM980o

Police arrived at the parking lot and saw the man had badly burned his legs.

Car yard owner Angus McDonald said things could have been much worse.

"We were just so lucky," he told reporters.

"He was trying to get the fuel out of the car by punching a hole in the tank - that's when the explosion happened."

"There's be about $110,000 worth of cars that have been lost and there's a bit of damage to the walls. We were very lucky the workshop didn't catch on fire because there's cars just over the other side of the wall."

One thing is for sure - this guy isn't the brightest of thieves. He's still a learner. Having a smoke near petrol is not a good idea.

http://www.infonubia.com/2013/12/man-who-was-siphoning-gas-while-smoking.html

Lol. #dumb

Ada Nri1: Lol. #dumb

He should have known better.