Just in case you were considering mixing your fuel with nicotine, I've found this story to hopefully deter you. Seriously, what could be wrong with walking around in gas soaked clothes?

According to the Shelby Star newspaper, Gary Allen Banning, 43, died at 5:53 a.m. Tuesday at the UNC Burn Center in Chapel Hill after the incident Monday night, according to Havelock police. A series of different events Monday led to Banning’s death. Earlier in the day, Banning accidentally drank from a jar that contained gasoline and spit it out, getting it on his clothes, according to Havelock police. He did not change his clothes, and later in the evening went to light a cigarette, catching his clothes and himself on fire.

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

Preslar explained that a resident of the apartment is a mechanic and uses gasoline to help clean the grease from his hands. He said Banning accidentally drank the gasoline that was stored in a salsa jar near a kitchen sink.

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