DUBAI (AlArabiya.net)
A man barbecued his own car by mistake following a mishap at a grill party in southern Germany, press reports said Monday.
The 37-year-old poured a beaker of petrol onto the smouldering charcoal of his balcony grill to coax it to life, prompting a tongue of flame to shoot out, police were quoted as saying by Australia's The Age newspaper.
A friend standing next to him panicked and dropped the canister containing the petrol, causing it to ignite and spill onto the man's car parked below.
The car went up up flames, the paper said.
Two other vehicles were damaged in yesterday evening's blaze, which police said caused no injuries but more than 30,000 euros ($60,000) worth of damage.
