... and if you must smoke, don't do it while using petrol ..... in the bedroom ....
'A Mount Gambier woman has warned the community against cleaning lawnmowers and bedrooms while smoking.
Lauren Goldsworthy was treated for smoke inhalation on Wednesday afternoon after a lawnmower exploded in a spare bedroom of her home in Stafford Street. Ms Goldsworthy said she tipped the lawnmower over to clean it when fuel spilled out onto the floor. “I dropped my cigarette from my mouth and next moment there was this huge explosion,” she said. “The flames went into my face and scorched my hair and then it spread all over the room and burned my vacuum cleaner, the walls, the ceiling and some photos.”I tried my best to put the fire out; I grabbed loose carpets and threw them onto the fire, but the flames just kept spreading.”
Ms Goldsworthy said although she had been convicted of arson before, this time it was an accident. “I swear, this time I did not do it,” she said. “I was convicted of arson when I was 18 because I set fire to a curtain in the house to get help when I was being physically abused.”
Ms Goldsworthy said she wanted to warn others to be careful when cleaning lawnmowers. Metropolitan Fire Service South East regional manager George Rodis echoed her warning. “Please, no smoking when working with lawnmowers and certainly not inside the house,” he said. Mr Rodis said although most of the fire had been extinguished by the time he arrived on the scene, the blaze caused an estimated damage of $5 000.'
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(Courtesy of Clive James)
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