Jump to full article: Chicago Tribune, 2009-10-12
Intro: A Cedar Rapids man is being accused of igniting a gas pump fire while lighting a cigarette.
Cedar Rapids police said Monday that Dale Ford has been charged with public intoxication and reckless use of fire.
Police spokeswoman Sgt. Cristy Hamblin says Ford was arrested and charged on Saturday and released.
She says Ford walked up to a woman he knew who was pumping gas into her car at a convenience store on Sept. 13. Hamblin says Ford lit a cigarette igniting vapors from the fuel pump.
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