WHERE THERE'S SMOKE, THERE'S FIRE!
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 12:40 pm
WHERE THERE'S SMOKE, THERE'S FIRE II: Two women in remote Gambell,
Alaska, needed some gasoline for their ATV after the local fuel station
had closed, so they helped themselves. Working in the dark, police say,
Charity Apangalook, 20, lit her lighter to see how full the tank was.
When the vapors ignited, "Charity got scared and pulled the nozzle," a
state trooper said, spraying herself and her unnamed 16-year-old
companion with gas and setting both of them on fire. They beat each
other's flames out, which is a good thing since they were in the midst
of tanks holding 30,000 gallons of gasoline and fuel oil -- the village's
entire supply. The two were charged with criminally negligent burning,
reckless endangerment and theft. (Anchorage Daily News) ...How come
they're never charged with their real crime, "reckless stupidity"?
Alaska, needed some gasoline for their ATV after the local fuel station
had closed, so they helped themselves. Working in the dark, police say,
Charity Apangalook, 20, lit her lighter to see how full the tank was.
When the vapors ignited, "Charity got scared and pulled the nozzle," a
state trooper said, spraying herself and her unnamed 16-year-old
companion with gas and setting both of them on fire. They beat each
other's flames out, which is a good thing since they were in the midst
of tanks holding 30,000 gallons of gasoline and fuel oil -- the village's
entire supply. The two were charged with criminally negligent burning,
reckless endangerment and theft. (Anchorage Daily News) ...How come
they're never charged with their real crime, "reckless stupidity"?
