IS IT possible for someone to simply smell too sweet?
A hapless British man has tested that proposition this week by blowing up his vehicle with the help of liberal overuse of in-car air freshener.
Emergency services were called to the bizarre scene in the Yorkshire town of Halifax, with the car exploding when he lit a cigarette moments after flooding the cabin with the scented aerosol.
The BBC reported the ensuing blast blew out the car's windows and buckled the doors as well as damaging a number of nearby businesses.
A witness posted photos of the incident on Twitter (below), hailing the quick response of paramedics and noting that "unbelievably the driver just climbed out".
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