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More evidence that "Fire Prevention" methods work (and won't put anyone out of work!)
UNION TOWNSHIP — In the morning rush to get gas, a motorist became distracted when the credit card machine wasn’t working and ended up driving off with the hose still in her tank, Union Township Fire Prevention Officer Ron Jones said.
“A spark, we don’t know from where, set the gas in the hose on fire,” Jones said.
The fire quickly engulfed the plastic housing of the gas pump. When Hebron Fire Department arrived at the scene for the 7:30 a.m. call, they quickly dosed the pump with foam to extinguish the flames before any other damage was done.
“I’ve never been to a gas station fire before,” said Jones, a 30-plus year veteran firefighter. “When we came down from the hill, we could see the black, billowing smoke.”
But with the amount of safeguards on gas pumps, fire never reached the fuel tanks.
