[DVBC] FW: Polish cyclist's shorts catch fire

[Debbie Chaga]

*Better watch out Jake!*

On 3/3/08, Robert J Young <ryoung at mlea.com> wrote:
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>  * [RJY]    *Man!  THAT'S godda sting!
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> *'Flaming Torch' Cyclist Seriously Burnt*
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> [image: SkyNews]<http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/skynews_logo/SIG=112tsq0io/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sky.com%2Fnews>
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> By Sky News SkyNews - *Thursday, February 28 03:01 pm*
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> A cyclist who suffered second degree burns while riding may have been
> pedalling so hard his trousers caught fire.
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> Mieczyslaw Jasinski was described as a "human torch" by stunned witnesses
> in Poland.
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> The 55-year-old told doctors <http://uk.news.yahoo.com/fc/nhs.html> how he
> smelt burning while enjoying a ride and looked down to see his trousers in
> flames.
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> Mieczyslaw said he jumped off the bike and rolled on the ground to try and
> extinguish the fire.
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> But he still suffered second degree burns to his legs, back and stomach.
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> Passers-by found him lying on the side of the road in Koroszczyn.
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> The tattered remains of his trousers were still smoking and he was
> groaning in pain.
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> A police spokesman said: "Witnesses said he was like a flaming torch
> cycling along the road.
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> "We do not know how it happened but we have heard that it could have been
> caused by a reaction between friction as he cycled, sweat and the material
> of his trousers."
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