Trucker stops alleged would-be arsonist from igniting gas station

Cybergal · Apr 22, 2007

Trucker stops alleged would-be arsonist from igniting gas station
4/20/07

Sheriffs deputies in Stark County, OH, say a trucker may have stopped an explosion from destroying an entire neighborhood.
A tanker truck driver was filling tanks at a BP gas station in Plain Township, OH, after 3:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 12, when he was approached by a middle-aged man.
Rick Perez, Stark Countys chief deputy, told Land Line the man began talking to the tanker truck driver but quickly became belligerent.
He was arguing, Ill blow you up and kill us all, Perez said.
The man bent down and held his lit cigarette lighter within one foot of a gas hose being used to transfer 8,000 gallons of gas from a tanker to the stations underground tanks.
He was unloading 8,000 gallons of gasoline can you imagine what that would do? Perez said.
The truck driver pushed him away, and sheriffs deputies arrived a short time later to arrest the man after a brief foot chase. The man Wilburn Martin, 48 was arrested and charged with aggravated arson, felonious assault, inducing panic and disorderly conduct with intoxication, according to the Canton Repository.
The neighborhood behind the gas station is mostly residential, Perez said. Sheriffs deputies still arent sure what caused the man to try starting a fire, he said.
Ive been here 32 years and this is the first time Ive ever heard of someone doing that, Perez said. It could have been quite a disaster.
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drive55cat · Apr 28, 2007

I don't know if that was a suicide attempt or you just looked like the guy who was hitting on his girlfriend, good for you and some quick thinking. drive55cat

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