Car set on fire by cigarette lighter
A CAR was accidentally set on fire by a man using a cigarette lighter to see while filling his car with a jerry can near Ararat.
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The Sunshine man ran out of fuel about one kilometre east of Ararat on the Western Highway just after midnight on Sunday.
He walked to a petrol station on foot to get a jerry can but could not see what he was doing when he returned to the car, so used his lighter to light up the area to see. The fumes ignited and the vehicle caught fire.
The rear of the car was burnt and police said the man was lucky to escape without injury.