Darwin Award - Honorable Mention

My blip for today was going to be something rain related as we had a small amount today. However this story today from our local radio and press amused me.

For those not familiar with the Darwin Awards, they are stories which range from the sublimely ironic to the pathetically stupid, display examples of trial and (fatal) error that vividly illustrate evolution in all its selective glory. A Honorable Mention are survivors.

From the Gulf Today
AJMAN: A car exploded after a fire erupted in it while stopping nearby Al Nuaimia Towers in Ajman at 2 am on Sunday. The operations room at the Ajman Police received a tipoff reporting the incident and instantly the Civil Defence was notified.

According to Lt Colonel Khalid Mohammed Al Nuaimi, director of Al Nuaimia Police Station, police patrols rushed to the scene alongside teams from the CID. Two Arab young men, who reportedly were inside the car, have been rescued and transferred to hospital while the required measures were taken to secure the location of the incident. Upon questioning them, they admitted that they were inhaling a cigarette lighter’s gas while all windows of the car were closed. When one of them turned the lighter on to light a cigarette, the car exploded as it was filled with gas, they added.