From the Nevada Appeal:
Fantasy writer David Eddings, 75, said he was using water to flush out the gas tank of his broken-down Excalibur sports car, when some fluid leaked. In a lapse of judgment he readily admitted, Eddings lit a piece of paper and threw into the puddle to test if it was still flammable. The answer came in an orange torrent.[via Eternal Golden Braid]
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Posted by John DeNardo at Monday January 29, 2007 at 1:02 PM
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I think the lesson to be learned here is don't keep old cars in your garage because you never know when you might have a lapse of judgement and decided to blow it up...
Posted by Peter on Monday January 29, 2007 at 7:07 PM
There's gotta be a novel here somehow.
Posted by Charlie Green on Monday January 29, 2007 at 8:19 PM
Another great quote from the article is where Eddings states he has a word to describe what he did: "Dumb." 
Posted by ScottSh on Tuesday January 30, 2007 at 8:13 AM
What a brilliant publicity ploy and he gets to make a claim on his insurance. (It's not arson if you're just "dumb" right?)
Posted by Tracy Falbe on Tuesday January 30, 2007 at 4:26 PM