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A 43-year-old man Gary Allen Banning in North Carolina died Tuesday after drinking gasoline and lighting a cigarette, Yahoo reported.

According to police, Banning accidentally drank from a salsa jar containing gasoline at a friend's apartment, spitting it out and getting it on his clothes. He later lit the cigarette that ignited his clothes.

"It was just a freak incident," said W.K. Preslar, an investigator with the Havelock Police Department.

Preslar said Banning's friend was a mechanic and used gasoline to remove grease from his hands. The carpet where Banning was standing was "charred," Preslar added.

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男子錯(cuò)喝汽油導(dǎo)致自焚

???????據(jù)雅虎新聞網(wǎng)報(bào)道，周二，一名來(lái)自美國(guó)北卡羅來(lái)納州的43歲男子加里·艾倫·班寧被活活燒死，原因是他喝了汽油并點(diǎn)燃了香煙。

???????據(jù)警方稱(chēng)，班寧當(dāng)時(shí)在朋友家中，他偶然錯(cuò)飲了裝在調(diào)味汁罐子里的汽油，隨即吐了出來(lái)，灑到了衣服上。隨后，他點(diǎn)了一支煙，不料卻引燃了自己的衣服。

???????“這真是一樁很詭異的意外事件”，調(diào)查此案的哈夫洛克警局的警察稱(chēng)。

???????班寧的朋友普瑞斯拉是一名技師，他經(jīng)常用汽油來(lái)去掉手上的油漆。普瑞斯拉表示，班寧站的那塊地毯也被燒焦了。

(China.org.cn March 2, 2012)