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It's dark in that fuel tank

2007 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

A man believed to be from Warden was caught on fire after checking the fuel level in a truck while at J.R. Simplot Co-Food Group in Othello Thursday night.

He suffered serious burns on his face and chest and was eventually airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Fire Chief Clyde Fought said.

The man used a lighter to check the truck's fuel level, he said. The diesel fumes were ignited resulting in a freak explosion.

"Apparently he couldn't see in the bottom of the tank," Fought said.

Flames blew out from the tank to his body, according to Fought.

The man was seen by the scale house attendant calling for help while engulfed in flames, Simplot Spokesperson Fred Zerza said. By the time the attendant reached him, the victim extinguished the flames himself. It is unknown how he extinguished the flames.

The man is not a Simplot employee, he is a driver for the Jose Elizalde Trucking company, Zerza said. He was at Simplot to deliver a load of raw potatoes.

Further information on the victim is unavailable.

"It never caught the truck on fire," Fought said.

The flames quickly burned themselves out.

There was no damage done to the Simplot facilities, Zerza said.

Submitted on 04/04/2007

Submitted by: Ray Garcia
Reference: http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2007/04/04/news/news03.txt

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>> Moderator Scores <<

Chip said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
I wouldn't believe it if it was not here in front of me! "Hand me that match, I think we are out of gas!" is NOT just a joke, it is real! The question is though, since match vs fuel is somewhat common in these stories, does this one rise above that commonality? I think it does. Thanks for the story, Ray


Bruce said:
Maybe Toss: Too Common
Unlike Chip I really don't see anything uncommon about this when compared to the other "let me check for gas with a match" type stories. Thanks for sending it in any event, Ray.


Jack said:
Definitely Toss: Too Common
I agree. Stories about people checking fuel levels with lighters are simply too common for a good award. Sorry Ray, but we appreciate the submission anyway.


James said:
Definitely Toss: Too Common
Thanks, Ray! Unfortunately, this sort of incident is too common in general, and the outcome of this particular incident is rather lackluster compared to some of the others of this genre. Nevertheless, there IS stupidity here, just that of a rather common sort!


Graham said:
Definitely Toss: Too Common
Thanks for sending this story in. However stories of such incidents are too common for a Darwin Award as they show no superior stupidity, just the usual type.


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