Thief attempts to siphon gas - Stop drop and roll (Video)

An unidentified man is caught on surveillance attempting to siphon gas out of a U-haul truck in Texas, the almost fried man finds out how dangerous this type of theft can be.

You can see from the video that the suspect drives up to the truck, which was parked at a storage facility on Corporate Woods Dr. in Montgomery Co. TX, which rents out U-Hauls trucks.

The man jumps out, and begins to siphon gas from the truck. KHOU reports that there are two sparks before a blast lights up the sky, sending fire and smoke into the air.

“He got away alive, that could have been serious,” Larry Johnson said.

Johnson runs security at the site and said the man’s entire vehicle caught on fire. The suspect only seemed to notice after he pulled away and stopped again.

“Gets out while the vehicle is still in drive,” Johnson said, “And it starts to roll and you can see flames rolling out of the window.” He eventually contains them and leaves.

“But there’s a white Ford Explorer out there somewhere with a lot of fire damage on the inside and possibly someone injured,” Johnson said.