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Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire

Robert Quigley, 25, was cruising at 75-80 mph on Interstate 80 in Citrus Heights, Calif., and apparently didn’t notice traffic in front of him had stopped. He slammed into an SUV, and his car burst into flames. Quigley escaped uninjured, but he went back to his burning car. “Yeah I’m not afraid of fire,” he told the Highway Patrol officer who responded to the crash. “I deal with this kind of stuff all the time.” The trooper noticed Quigley’s eyebrows were singed. And what was so important that Quigley needed to go back to his flaming car? He wanted to lean in to light a cigarette. He was arrested on a charge of drunk driving — his second such charge in a week. (RC/KTXL Sacramento) ...He “deals with this kind of stuff all the time” because his entire life is a flaming wreck.