LOSANGELES, CA — Earlier this month we reported on a man who was electrocuted while stealing copper, and now we have a man who was burned alive while trying to steal gasoline.
Firefighters were called to a 76 gas station early Tuesday morning on a report of a van on fire in the parking lot. Once the flames had been extinguished, the crew found the charred body of 56-year-old Richard Glover inside the van.
Investigators say the fire started while Glover was using a pump to siphon gas from the station’s underground gas tank into a couple of 55-gallon drums inside the van. The resulting explosion sent a fireball 10-feet into the air and blew out a nearby window, according to the station’s security guard.
Glover’s family told investigators they were aware of Glover’s tendency to steal gas whenever money got tight and had pleaded with him to stop, especially since he’d been burned once before while stealing gas.
“The family’s been asking him to stop, stop, stop, stop doing it,” said Glover’s brother-in-law. “I feel sorry for him. My poor little sister, all by herself. They got three kids.”
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