Trying to thaw a frozen gas pump with a lighter, woman accidentally sets fire to her car

A video of a woman accidentally setting fire to her car at a fueling station has appeared online. Though the footage shows a timestamp of 2013, it was published on YouTube just yesterday, January 4, 2016.

According to YouTube, the video was recorded in the city of Surgut, located roughly 1,800 miles northeast of Moscow. Using a cigarette lighter, the woman in the video apparently tried either to thaw a frozen trigger on the gas pump or to shine a light on her vehicle's gas tank. Whatever her reason, the experiment failed, setting fire to the gasoline and then the right side of her entire car.

On YouTube, some commenters have questioned details about the incident, particularly its location. The woman's license plate shows the registration code for Sverdlovsk Oblast (96), which borders Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, where Surgut is located.