Vacuum Cleaner Fuel Tank Explosion - Not Model A

[H. L. Chauvin]

Oldest son just called me a few minutes ago.

An acquaintance of his accidentally put diesel in his empty gas powered riding lawn mower.

When he realized his mistake, because it was diesel in lieu of gasoline, he tried to suck it out with a Sears Shop Vac even though he was warned not to do it.

The gas tank on his riding lawn mower with diesel immediately exploded, and he barely got out of his barn before the entire barn was on fire & burned to the ground. He lost his barn and a Lean-To; his four wheeler, a large diesel tractor, a vacuum cleaner, and his gas riding lawn mower.

Luckily he was taken to the hospital almost naked with minor burns.

Pardon the not Model A bit; but please, let us never forget that we can never be too cautious when dealing with "any" type of fuel in "any" fuel tank.