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Recent Accidents At Malaysian Petrol Kiosks

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The incident at Setapak Indah involved a 25 year old lady teacher from Batu Caves. Source: The Sun Daily Setapak Indah: 25 year old victim On 28th June 2016, a 25 year old woman "suffered serious burns all over her body at a petrol station in Setapak Indah ... after she took a call on her handphone inside her carwhile filling it up with petrol. An explosive burst of flames lasting just a second was all it took to severely torch the teacher from Batu Caves." (Source: The Sun, 29th June, 2016. Page 3) The incident occurred at about 1.25pm. Firemen arrived in 10 minutes to find the lady in "a semi-conscious state in the rear passenger seat". She had suffered from 60% burns all over her body. The woman had been seen filling up her car when her cellphone (on the rear passenger seat) rang. She locked the fuel nozzle trigger and entered the car to answer the call. She closed the door and picked up the call. Immediately, there was a loud explosion and flame...

The Petrol Bomb, AKA The Molotov Cocktail

Dear Reader, Today's post is more a bit of trivia about an oft-sighted object: The Petrol Bomb, Also Known As The Molotov Cocktail. Introduction: Vyacheslav Molotov The name "Molotov" refers to Vyacheslav Molotov , the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars from December 1930 to May 1941. He was a protege of Joseph Stalin and one of the participants in the Great Terror of 1936-1938 , in which Joseph Stalin killed more than one million people. [Interested readers can read more about the executions at ExecutedToday.com, 15th March 2008. 1938: Seventeen former Bolshevik officials from the Trial of the 21 ) It is said that Stalin had also managed to seduce away one of Molotov's girlfriends. (Ref: Daily Mail UK, 11th May 2007. Stalin and his lover aged 13. )] Curious readers can view pictures of Vyacheslav Molotov at the following links: RT.com (previously Russia Today), Russiapedia entry on Vyacheslav Molotov . Accessed 3rd April 2010. New York Sun,...