Man mysteriously bursts into flames

This is not a pic of the guy in the article.  I found this pic here.  And the first paragraph of the story had me laughing and laughing because, whaaaaaa?

Ok, now back to the original story. 

HAVELOCK, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man is dead after police say he accidentally drank from a jar of gasoline and then smoked a cigarette.

Havelock police received a 911 call about 9:55 p.m. Monday after 43-year-old Gary Allen Banning set himself on fire. Banning was transported to UNC Burn Center in Chapel Hill, where he died early Tuesday morning.

City spokeswoman Diane Miller said investigators believe Banning was at a friend’s apartment when he apparently mistook a jar of gasoline sitting by the kitchen sink for a beverage. After taking a gulp, he spit the gas out and got some on his clothes.

Sometime later, investigators say Banning went outside to smoke a cigarette and burst into flames. From here:

Hmmmm, how tragic.  Someone should make an additive to gasoline so it really smells up a storm ... so that even people who are hammered out of their minds would be able to tell there is gasoline about ... and so extreme caution should be used.

As it is, anyone of us could have been a victim of this most unfortunate accidink.

Also, how come it's never reported when someone lollygags into flames?  Peeps are always bursting into them.

"You mean INflammable" means 'extra flammable'? I guess that's credible ... or should I say 'INcredible'"