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Florida gas theft attempt ignites explosion
Washington Times ^
| 8/18/04
Posted on 08/18/2004 4:26:56 PM PDT by Libloather
Gas theft attempt ignites explosion
Hialeah, FL, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Authorities in Hialeah, Fla., said an attempt to steal hundreds of gallons of gasoline resulted in a spectacular explosion at a gas station.
They said they were questioning an unidentified man was rushed to a hospital with serious burns in the hours after the blast, The Miami Herald reported Wednesday.
A witness said he saw a man who was on fire run away from the blaze. About a half hour after the explosions emergency operators received a call about a badly burned man and he was airlifted to a hospital.
Louie Fernandez, a spokesman for the Miami-Dade Fire-Rescue Department, said investigators found a 300-gallon fuel container under the seats of the burned out van.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: attempt; explosion; florida; gas; ignites; theft
The fax just went out to all Florida gas station employees - if you see anyone in a Hyundai that pumps more than 100 gallons into it, call someone...
To: Libloather
This same thing happened in Chicago a few years back while I was living there. Doh!
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posted on
08/18/2004 4:29:17 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
To: Libloather
LOL! Think of the range you'd have with a 300 gallon tank though!
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posted on
08/18/2004 4:34:02 PM PDT
by
Riley
(Need an experienced computer tech in the DC Metro area? I'm looking. Freepmail for details.)
To: Libloather
300 gallons of gas !! That has to be at least 2700 pounds of fuel.
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posted on
08/18/2004 4:35:19 PM PDT
by
Peace will be here soon
(USA Eagles 31 , Frogs ( France ) 39... An improvement , but not quite there yet.)
To: Libloather
That's what you call urban renewal in Hialiah.
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posted on
08/18/2004 4:35:57 PM PDT
by
dennisw
(Once is Happenstance. Twice is Coincidence. The third time is Enemy action. - Ian Fleming)
To: Libloather
Obvoiusly a black marketeer ... those 300 gallons would fetch a pretty price on the other side of Alligator Alley.
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posted on
08/18/2004 4:37:47 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(When it came to Intelligence, Kerry was absent)
To: Peace will be here soon
Gasoline is lighter than water, averaging about 6.2 pounds per gallon. Three hundred gallons would weigh 1860 pounds.
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posted on
08/18/2004 4:41:20 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(First algore invented everything, then Kerry smuggled it to Cambodia.)
To: Libloather
Authorities in Hialeah, Fla., said an attempt to steal hundreds of gallons of gasoline resulted in a spectacular explosion at a gas station. 
Got blowed up real good!
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posted on
08/18/2004 4:42:05 PM PDT
by
rdb3
("The Republican Party is the ship and all else is the sea." ---Frederick Douglass)
To: Libloather
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posted on
08/18/2004 4:43:48 PM PDT
by
sockmonkey
(prayers for the repose of the soul of my Dad)
To: Libloather
...a man who was on fire run away from the blaze."What a maroon...heh heh heh...what a ingnoranimus...ha hah hah."
FMCDH(BITS)
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posted on
08/18/2004 4:45:03 PM PDT
by
nothingnew
(KERRY: "If at first you don't deceive, lie, lie again!")
To: Petronski
I figured it wasn`t that far off from water. 1860 pounds is still quite a bit of weight. Weight that was probably shifting quite a bit when he drove down the road.
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posted on
08/18/2004 4:47:46 PM PDT
by
Peace will be here soon
(USA Eagles 31 , Frogs ( France ) 39... An improvement , but not quite there yet.)
To: nothingnew
Probably he tried to smoke inside his van...
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posted on
08/18/2004 4:54:36 PM PDT
by
GSlob
To: Libloather
Well, there goes his promising future in the petroleum industry. Guess the only left now is to sue the oil company.
/sarcasm.
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posted on
08/18/2004 4:58:54 PM PDT
by
csvset
To: Libloather
"Man fails in try out for Darwin Awards!"
Alternate headline.
To: nothingnew
"What a maroon...heh heh heh...what a ingnoranimus...ha hah hah."
Correction- What an IgnITEDramus
To: Muzzle_em
Democrats cry to NATO- Nations Abetting Terrorist Organizations Or is that Nations Afraid of Terrorist Organization??- "Bush has forced Americans to set themselves aflame... His buddies at the House of Saud.... O woe is me, I mean our country..."
Seriously tho, one democratic vote up in flames. What part of flammable is hard to understand??? Had to laugh, then ask God to forgive me on this story cuz its just plain stupid.
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posted on
08/18/2004 5:57:39 PM PDT
by
momincombatboots
(Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber)
To: Muzzle_em
Correction- What an IgnITEDramusNever correct the great one and only Bugs Bunny. ~;>)
FMCDH(BITS)
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posted on
08/18/2004 6:11:25 PM PDT
by
nothingnew
(KERRY: "If at first you don't deceive, lie, lie again!")
To: Libloather
Probably was pumping into a plastic container and a static spark set it off.
To: Libloather
Oh, you said DON'T lite the match.
To: nothingnew
I know, I just couldn't resist the pun.
I love BB. :-)
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