Lighter Causes Fire at Gas Station

A lighter causes a fire at a gas station in Clinton

THIS STORY TONIGHT.BURNED GAS PUMPS FIREEXTINGUISHER POWDER AND CAUTIONTAPE IS WHAT’S LEFT OFHE T SCENEOF LAST NIGHT’S FIRE HERE ATTHIS KROGER GAS STATION CLINTONFIRST RESPONDERS ARRIVED AT THESCENE ON HIGHWAY 80 TO FIND ONEMAN AND A TRUCK HE WAS DRIVINGIN LIT ON FIRE FIRST RESPONDERSARE STILL INVESTIGATING HOWEXACTLY THIS HAPPENED.MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT HE WASFLICKING A LIGHTER.I DON’T KNOW THAT HE WASACTUALLY LIGHTINGT, I BUT IT WASCREATING A SPARK AND WHEN HE GOTROUND TO WHERE THE VAPORS HADGATHERED THE ATMOSPHERE ANDEVERYTHING.THE AIR MIXTURE WAS JUST RIGHTAND THEY IGNITED CHIEFBLACKLEDGE SAYS THIS IS VERYRARE, BUT HE HAS SEEN IT ONCEpBEFORE THE MAN IS RECOVERING WASECOND AND THIRD DEGREE BURNSTHE LAST WE HEARD FROM CLINTONPOLICE R