Post by Sweet Meat aka CC on Dec 7, 2003 21:46:01 GMT -5
Stylist's Hair Catches Fire at Gas Pump
ALBANY, Ga. - A hair stylist was pumping gas into her car when her hair burst into flames.
"That scared me to death," said stylist Traci Marshall.
The fire was probably caused by static electricity from Marshall's hair rubbing against her clothes, said her husband, Camilla firefighter Lt. Bill Marshall.
The static electricity apparently mixed with gas fumes and ignited the fire Sunday.
"I started beating my hair to get out the fire and saw flames coming out of the gas tank," she said.
A man with a fire extinguisher put out the blaze.
Traci Marshall had to cut her hair and get her truck repaired.
Bill Marshall advised people to ground themselves before pumping gas by touching the metal of their cars.
"Once you get out of your vehicle, don't get back into the vehicle until you are through," he said.
Officials also remind people to turn off cell phones and pagers when pumping gas because those devices can also spark explosions.
Whoa! The scene prolly went down like this:
Man with fire extinguisher: (Noticin' the stylist's hair beginnin' to smoke he approaches her) Ma'am? Your hair is hot!
Stylist: Why thank you.
Man with fire extinguisher: No...really it is! (whips out extinguisher to put out the flames)
I'm sorry, but if I had seen this and found out that she was okay after the incident, I woulda laughed my butt off!
ALBANY, Ga. - A hair stylist was pumping gas into her car when her hair burst into flames.
"That scared me to death," said stylist Traci Marshall.
The fire was probably caused by static electricity from Marshall's hair rubbing against her clothes, said her husband, Camilla firefighter Lt. Bill Marshall.
The static electricity apparently mixed with gas fumes and ignited the fire Sunday.
"I started beating my hair to get out the fire and saw flames coming out of the gas tank," she said.
A man with a fire extinguisher put out the blaze.
Traci Marshall had to cut her hair and get her truck repaired.
Bill Marshall advised people to ground themselves before pumping gas by touching the metal of their cars.
"Once you get out of your vehicle, don't get back into the vehicle until you are through," he said.
Officials also remind people to turn off cell phones and pagers when pumping gas because those devices can also spark explosions.
Whoa! The scene prolly went down like this:Man with fire extinguisher: (Noticin' the stylist's hair beginnin' to smoke he approaches her) Ma'am? Your hair is hot!
Stylist: Why thank you.
Man with fire extinguisher: No...really it is! (whips out extinguisher to put out the flames)
I'm sorry, but if I had seen this and found out that she was okay after the incident, I woulda laughed my butt off!
I ain't say nuffin'--hehehehehe. ;D