Come on baby, light my fire
posted on June 8th, 2010 by Dustin at 12:55 am (EST) with 9 Comments
TEXAS — Adrian Rendon, 37, was rushed to the hospital Monday morning in critical condition after a fire ignited in his car while he was driving it. He tried to light a cigarette with the windows rolled up and a gas can in the passenger seat next to him.
Rendon somehow became trapped in his Cadillac and was badly burned as the gas can blazed in the seat next to him. By the time the San Antonio fire department arrived, the fire had already extinguished itself because the car’s windows were rolled up — which likely means Rendon came close to burning and suffocating to death.
To further complicate matters, the fire occurred on a busy highway during morning rush hour, so a lot of people were late to work. And it’s hard to convince your boss that you were late because some guy was on fire, especially when you used that excuse already.
It’s illegal to transport gas containers inside a vehicle’s passenger compartment, and people like Adrian Rendon are here to occasionally remind us why we need laws like that. Sadly, this is bound to happen again soon somewhere else — probably Florida.
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Comment from Brian
Time June 8, 2010 at 3:17 pm
I assume the stupidity of this guy was so blatent you didn’t take any jabs at the situation…. I was expecting to read something like, “only an idiot would end up saving himself by rolling up the windows instead of burning to death or suffocating” but maybe I’m being too insensitive….
Comment from Dustin
Time June 8, 2010 at 4:03 pm
Haha Brian, I was actually going to write exactly that. And you are right… the stupidity of the situation was so obvious that further jokes were not necessary. By the way, GET OUT OF MY MIND!
Comment from brandon
Time June 8, 2010 at 7:28 pm
LOL @ “You can’t tell your boss you were late…. because you already used that one”…. You DID Use that one at Phoenix Data didn’t yoU!?!?!?
Comment from rmesquias
Time June 11, 2010 at 7:24 pm
You people have no heart! I hope this never happens to you or anyone you love! Heartless, insensitive people get a life!
Comment from camila
Time July 11, 2010 at 12:01 pm
his name sounds like random haha. I hope he has to pay alot of fees for being a goddamn idiot.
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Comment from Haley
Time June 8, 2010 at 12:11 pm
The forklifts at work use propane, and we smoke on it all the time when we drive it.
Then again, I DO live in Kentucky…