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This story making the rounds states that teens are looking for people driving with open windows & then tossing in a rag soaked in gasoline and wrapped in tinfoil, causing a fire.
| | Description | Subject: Alert from All State Insurance Co
Subject: Very Important
Heard anything about this? Please keep all windows rolled up
when stopped at traffic lights, as only cars with windows down
are being targeted. Groups of teenagers have been caught, in
alarming numbers, playing a new and dangerous game called Spunkball. !
Spunkball consists of a group of teens in a car pulling up to
a stoplight, and looking around for a car stopped near by with
an open window. When one is spotted, the teens shout, "Spunkball",
and throw a gasoline soaked rag that has been wrapped in aluminum
foil through the open window.
On the outside of the foil attached a small firecracker, with
the fuse lit. When the firecracker explodes, it shreds the foil,
and the rag is ignited, causing a large flame that may catch the
interior of the car on fire.
Spunkball playing has already claimed two lives, caused uncountable
injuries due to burns, and caused thousands of dollars in damage to
automobiles. The best defense, say authorities, is to keep all windows
rolled up when stopped at traffic lights, as only cars with windows
down are being targeted.
If you are at a red light and hear a shout of "Spunkball", and notice
something come flying in your window, the best thing to do is to have
all passengers immediately exit the vehicle. DO NOT try to retrieve
the object, as it will ignite once the firecracker explodes.
PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO EVERYONE YOU CARE ABOUT.
Bea xxxxxx, FCLS Allstate Insurance Co
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