love is like a friendship caught on fire, Hong Kong hard man Bruce Lee once said. But for one Russey Keo couple in a spat yesterday, it nearly led to actual flames.

The husband, 32, was refused wine money by his long-suffering wife, prompting him to douse her with petrol. Luckily for the woman, her brother launched the petrol can back at the husband’s head before he had lit the gas.

The drunkard was sent to hospital with head injuries. deum Ampil