Attempted theft unsuccessful after inflammable gas and ignited petrol poured over ATM explode

Three bungling would-be thieves might have been injured by a fireball during a botched ATM raid on Australia's Gold Coast, police say.



The machine, installed in a wall, exploded after the men filled it with inflammable gas then poured petrol over it and ignited it in the early hours of Friday morning.

The explosion and subsequent fire forced them to flee empty-handed from the scene in Upper Coomera. "It is believed the persons involved could have been injured," a police spokesman said.


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The men, who covered their faces with cloths, caused extensive damage to the ATM and smoke damage to nearby businesses. They made their getaway in a light-coloured four-wheel-drive.