Petrol Attendants Save the Day After Man Douses Car With Fuel, Sets It on Fire: 'Yoh'

Petrol Attendants Save the Day After Man Douses Car With Fuel, Sets It on Fire: 'Yoh'

  • A video that shows a car being set alight in broad daylight at a filling station is doing the rounds on social media
  • CCTV cameras at the unknown filling station show a man approaching a vehicle before dousing it with petrol
  • Briefly News takes a look at the reactions from locals who reacted to the clip by sharing some hilarious jibes

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How one person can willy-nilly stride over and disturb the peace of another person is something that may potentially not be fully understood.

However, that is the sad reality of the world, with some people bearing the brunt of it more than others. If a video doing the rounds on social media is anything to go by, such was the case for one individual during a trip to the filling station.

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Petrol attendants have been hailed for putting out a burning car at a filling station. Image: @theHirohito
Source: Twitter

In the clip shared by a Twitter user, @theHirohito, CCTV cameras at the unknown petrol garage show a man calmly approaching a vehicle whose owner is seen standing nearby while topping up on fuel.

"These petrol attendants must be appreciated for their work," read the caption along with pinched fingers and a fire emoji.

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The strange man walks over to the vehicle and proceeds to dislodge the fuel pump from the tank as the liquid substance continues to gush out. He is then seen spraying the fast-pumping flammable petroleum over the car on its right rear side.

Clear, callous and calculated

Glaringly, he sticks out his free right hand holding what is thought to be an accelerant. The car is set alight, and the perpetrator subsequently runs back to what to a vehicle just mere metres away and speeds off.

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At the same time, the burning vehicle's owner, visibly stunned, struts to the left passenger side of the car, opens the door, and a woman is seen jumping out before the couple run off and out of view.

Two petrol attendants rush to the car and douse the flame using the available fire extinguishers. Within seconds, the flame is put out, and the clip ends. At the time of publishing, it had garnered almost 52 000 views and attracted close to 3 000 likes.

Netizens find cause to laugh

It's unclear where the clip was taken though it appears to be in an Asian country, possibly Japan or China. In any event, locals reacted in horror but took the time to share some hilarious jibes.

Briefly News takes a look at the reactions below.

@ChrisExcel102 wrote:

"Maybe they ate his girl ayikho phela Lento."

@sheriff_lethabo said:

"When u get this job does it say it’s a must to put the fire out or? Bcz mna I know I will run as fast as bolt In his days."

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@adovovBerryRoux added:

"Those guys deserve a R20k each bonus. I know all they got was a 'Thank you'."

Petrol attendant filmed jamming to fire song

Elsewhere, Briefly News reported that a local driver decided to film a petrol service worker who, while he filling up the man's tank, jammed to his favourite song.

The Shell garage worker was seen killing it with dance moves while keeping an eye on the job at hand. The viral clip was loved on social media and Briefly News takes a look at the hilarious reactions from the post as shared by @Amon_Caes.

The Twitter user brilliantly captioned his funny clip, suggesting the petrol service station guys deserve the credit.

“Petrol attendants deserve the whole world,” he wrote.

Source: Briefly News

Authors:
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Tshepiso Mametela (Head of Current Affairs Desk) Tshepiso Mametela is a seasoned journalist with eight years of experience writing for online and print publications. He is the current affairs Head of Desk at Briefly News. He was a news reporter for The Herald, a senior sports contributor at Opera News SA, and a reporter for Caxton Local Media’s Bedfordview and Edenvale News and Joburg East Express community titles. He has attended media workshops, including the crime and court reporting one by the Wits Justice Project and Wits Centre for Journalism in 2024. Email: tshepiso.mametela@briefly.co.za