Smoking is hazardous to your health.
And being stupid too does not help.
When a man tried lighting up a cigarette inside his SUV Thursday night, the vehicle suddenly exploded and flew into pieces. The cause? He had some other materials inside the vehicle.https://t.co/FWWXuK1wps pic.twitter.com/7MZ0qc6Qe7
— KCAL News (@kcalnews) May 24, 2024
An SUV parked in a Van Nuys parking lot on Thursday night suddenly exploded after the driver lit a cigarette next to some propane canisters he stored inside. Firefighters and police rushed to a supermarket parking lot in the 7200 block of Van Nuys Boulevard after receiving a call about an SUV that exploded around 10:30 p.m., police said. When first responders arrived, the man told them he had been trying to light a cigarette when the explosion happened. Investigators said he was living in the vehicle during the explosion. He suffered minor injuries and was taken to a nearby hospital, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.