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the show on discovery channel, mythbusters. debunked that myth,


They also showed in the same episode that a good percentage of
fueling fires come from static sparks around the gas tank. Someone
mentioned it before, but ground yourself away from the tank before you
start fueling. Apparently women are more likely not to ground
themselves and have something 70% of all spark induced fires. It was
pretty cool to watch the show and see a firefighter deliberately
generate a static spark and light himself on fire at a gas pump.