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Woman sets man's car on fire after being denied cigarette

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By Samantha Jordan
April 30, 2015

A woman in need of a cigarette took her frustrations out on a man's car after he denied her a nicotine fix.

Security footage from April 28 in Jerusalem shows the woman walk up to the man pumping gas and is apparently dismissed. She walks away but turns back around a few seconds later, pulls out what looks like a lighter, and sets the gas pump ablaze.

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The car catches on fire and is almost instantly engulfed in flames. The victim's brother was sitting in the car at the time but he managed to escape with no injuries.  Gas station workers were able to put out the fire before the car exploded.

According to the Telegraph, police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said that the woman had later been arrested.

"A woman approached a man while filling his petrol tank and asked for a cigarette, when he refused to give it to her she pulled out a lighter from her pocket and ignited the petrol pump."

The woman has now been ordered to undergo an psychological evaluation. 

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