Thanks for stopping by. If you're new here, please subscribe to my RSS feed or you can head over to the following pages to find more of what you're looking for: Marketing Ideas, Consulting, Media Inquires, Contact Me or my Twitter page. Thanks for visiting!

  1. gas fireGas stations contain lots of flammable material that will in fact catch fire and burn.
  2. It is possible to get severely burned yourself.
  3. In a small town, news travels fast, especially when there is a town siren.
  4. It takes time for the volunteer fire department to reach the fire, but first they drive past the fire to pick up their trucks to put the fire out.
  5. The pumps will stop working until they are reset, adding to the embarrassment as people you know try to fill up.
  6. The emergency shut-off switch is never in the spot you think it is when you need to find it the most, or it’s behind the ice freezer.
  7. Having to admit you thought it was a great idea to flick a lighter you found on the ground earlier that day while pumping gas.
  8. Considering running away from the fire in order not to get blown up while innocent bystanders look on.
  9. Washing the car for the second time that day in order to clean off fire retardant from the extinguisher.
  10. Telling your grandparents coming to town that you almost blew up the car they gave your mom.

In fact, all of the above is true and happened just like that. I was about 14 and made a bad choice at the wrong time. Fortunately for me, the car was spared and had just a little burnt rubber around the gas cap. The gas station was also spared and never did blow up. I did start to run and got about 3 steps away before I decided to find the shut-off switch, which I never did find. I eventually ran inside and yelled at the attendant to shut off the pumps. At that time, someone who saw what was going on put the fire out with a fire extinguisher. The moral of the story is to listen to the warning signs at the gas station so the same doesn’t happen to you. My poor mom and the things she had to deal with. Now it is a look into my past and a funny story to tell. Not many people I know can say they caught a gas station on fire and lived to tell about it.

Note: I did not get burned at all, and the picture shown is not the gas station I caught on fire.

No related posts.