"Rod" wrote in message
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Man at B&Q wrote:
On Oct 27, 5:59 pm, "RW" wrote:
Bloke in USA was hit by a bolt of lightning around 3 weeks ago on a
forecourt while filling with fuels. Made the international news complete
with CCTV footage of the actual event.

He was lucky.

So a mobile phone, keys or for that matter a chav bird smoking a roll up
while her Burberry capped dum**** boyfriend fills up from a filing
station
in darkest Essex isn't likely to start a blaze.
Where is there *any* evidence of a phone or anything remotely like it
causing an explosion at a pump ?

There is footage of a static discharge causing a fire whilst someone
was filling up. It's been on telly enough times.

MBQ

I beg to differ - he was jolly UNlucky. :-)

But going back slightly - did police cars with older, heavy duty radios
ever turn them off in proximity to petrol stations or other explosive
risks?

Did they comply with the regulations?


Do they turn all transmitters in the area off when fuelling planes at
Heathrow?

Do they comply with the safety regulations so they are permitted devices?
Does anyone make a mobile that complies with the regulations so you can use
it at a fuel station?