Woman filling gas tank burned after another car hits pump
A 39-year-old woman suffered second-degree burns Wednesday when a car hit a gas pump on Capitol Hill.
The cull, whose name wasn’t released, was pumping gas into her car when another vehicle knocked over the elastic fluid pump, related Seattle Fire Department spokeswoman Dana Vander Houwen.
The elastic fluid ignited and there was one explosion, knocking the woman to the ground. She got up and rescued her dog from her car, Vander Houwen said.
By the time Seattle firefighters arrived, both vehicles were in flames, she said. They quickly extinguished the blazon.
The sacrifice was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with second-degree burns to her grow dark body, Vander Houwen said. The driver of the car that hit the pump suffered minor injuries and also was taken to Harborview.
Damage to the cars and service station was estimated at $80,000.
