Gasoline is a flammable liquid. Gas stations knew what would happen the day they switched to self-service pumps. They knew the dangers of giving the general public a modicum of control over their own gas pumping.
What they didn’t count on were the arachnophobes among us.
On September 27th, 2015, a local Michigan man attempted to torch a spider at a Mobil Gas Station (24911 Van Dyke Rd. @ 10 Mile Rd, Center Line, Michigan) and almost explodes the entire station!
So did he kill the spider?
This story went instantly global and even made the BBC NEWS in London!