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Man sets petrol station ablaze trying to kill a spider! (pics+vid)

He told authorities he was scared!

Newsroom September 27 10:12

Spiders are not the most ‘loveable’ of creatures for people and they often find try to kill them on sight. A man in the US went a bit too far, when he tried to kill a spider on his car with a lighter at a petrol station while he was filling up! The result was to start a fire at the petrol station. He told authorities he was scared of it and pulled out his lighter to kill the creepy-crawly! But the flame ignited the petrol, sparking a huge flame. The whole ‘Zoolander’ moment took place in Michigan, USA and was captured on the petrol station’s security cameras. Luckily the man escaped unharmed both from the blaze and a…spider bite…

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