Aug 18 - Man caught filling garbage bags full of gasoline

Man caught filling garbage bags full of gasoline
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BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- It's dangerous, illegal and hard to imagine, but a Canadian man was recently caught filling up plastic garbage bags with gasoline.

It's no secret that lots of Canadians drive to Whatcom County Costco or Fred Meyer stores to fill up their tanks. One woman said she saves $17 on just one tank of gas by filling up in America.

While there's nothing wrong with wanting to save some money, Sgt. Mark Dennis of the Washington State Patrol said one man went too far when he filled plastic garbage bags with gas at a Bellingham Fred Meyer.

Gasoline and its vapors are volatile and, under the wrong circumstance, can be explosive.

The person who took the photos at the gas station asked to remain anonymous and said his family is already getting hate mail. But the witness did say he watched as the man filled three bags full of gas and then put those bags inside his car.

When he notified a Fred Meyer employee about the gas, he said the attendant just shrugged his shoulders.

State patrol officials say the only legal way to carry gasoline is in an approved container.

"You run the risk of all sorts of potential if there was an impact or anything like that," Dennis said. "You simply wouldn't want to have loose gasoline inside of a car."

Reached Friday, a Fred Meyer spokeswoman said the man in the photo is a regular customer. She couldn't corroborate that an attendant was notified about the incident, but did say it's company policy not to let anyone fill up if they don't have an approved container.

The store has turned the incident over to the police. For their part, police say if you see anyone filling up a non-approved container, you should call 911 to report it.


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What the hell is he thinking? I swear some people shouldnt be allowed to think

I always see people text and talk on the phone when they fill up

and they arent even Canadian

[pic] i dont think they are even thinking in the first place

he ran out of gas 5 mins after he left the station....dumb a$s putting it in the wrong place [pic]

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Since when is it illegal to put gas in anything other than an "approved container"?

Use some of those savings to buy a gas can u !!tard

people talk and text while they're driving too

who does this man

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Omg Omg gasoline in plastic? omg *panics*......................




Was this even thread worthy...

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That !! is mad corny, but it made me laugh anyway.

You never seen the signs on the gas pumps? [pic] I drive a thirsty[..] Chevy so I spend plenty of time in front of a gas pump reading all the labels n !!. Better than watching that dollar amount screen going up....[pic]

Its been illegal. Those stickers on the side of the gas pumps are there for a reason not decoration. Static electricity can cause explosions around gasoline, which is why they tell you in the winter time if you get out the car to pump gas and get back in the car to wait, you should discharge the electricity before touching the pump. People do dumb !! like put gas in milk cartons and mop buckets and think that !! is safe. Buy a gas can.

nobody peeped his chancletas he wearing? [pic][pic][pic][pic]

!!ing idiot

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they're called gas cans

how about you buy some dip!!

Get it how you live