A Pennsylvania man died last Friday in a freak fire at a gas station. Authorities say that the fire was sparked by static electricity on the man’s body, and he died of inhalation of superheated gases. While this type of fire is very rare and fatalities even rarer, they do happen. To prevent them, you should do something terribly mundane: do not ever get back in your car while fueling, and make sure to touch a metal surface before fueling.
Key point: “80% of static electricity/gas pump fires happen to women.”
To repeat: [D]o not ever get back in [and out of] your car while fueling, and make sure to touch a metal surface before fueling.