A man who was trying to steal gas from a parked up box truck accidentally set himself on fire in the process.
The shocking incident was all caught on surveillance camera footage as the man could be seen attempting to siphon fuel from the tank of a vehicle next to which he had parked his own white pickup in Salt Lake City.
Authorities believe the man was using a drill in order to access the gas tank during which a spark ignited the flammable liquid.
Static electricity, or sparks caused by the friction from the drill bit against the gas tank are most likely to blame for the spontaneous combustion of the gas.
The truck was parked outside Summit Fire and Protection and had already had its catalytic converter stolen when this second thief came to steal the gas in broad daylight. 'Some people try to take the easy way out of everything,' said Branch Manager Travis Mills, who believes current $5-a-gallon gas prices were behind the theft.
'The guy tried to siphon gas out of it and he wasn't getting the siphon to work, so he decided to drill the gas tank, and that's when he caught on fire,' Mills said.
The man could be seen rolling on the ground in an attempt to put out the flames on his clothes.
There didn't appear to be any time for him to even take off his shirt, such was the panic of the situation. After rolling across the concrete, the man finally sat up and managed to take off his burnt shirt.
His buddy - his sidekick - sat in their parked pickup truck the whole time the guy was rolling around trying to put the fire out...
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