Woman sets car on fire at petrol station after using a lighter to peer into tank
The reckless moment has been captured on another driver's dashcam footage
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A car’s dashcam footage has captured the moment that a woman engulfed her car in flames after using a lighter to light her way in a dark petrol station.
The video shows a woman filling up her car with petrol on a dark and snowy evening in Surgut, Russia.
As the tank begins to fill, she seems to be unable to tell whether the tank is entirely full and so takes a closer look.
After struggling to see the petrol line, the woman apparently decides to use her cigarette lighter to peer into the tank and get a better look.
Astonishingly, she doesn’t have any reservations about bringing the naked flame directly towards the petrol.
The car promptly erupts in flames.
The woman, who has not been identified, initially attempts to contain the fire, however, it soon licks up from the nozzle to the car roof.
The footage was captured on the dashcam of a car stationed at a pump behind the woman. The driver pulls away and leaves the scene as soon as the flames erupt.
The Siberian Times reports that the woman is understood to have not been injured and that staff at the petrol station forecourt are thought to have worked to quickly extinguish the flames.
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