According to fire officials, a hammer in Florida was engulfed in flames and destroyed after the vehicle was loaded with fuel cans amid a nationwide gas crisis.
The driver filled four containers of gas at a Homosessa’s Texaco Food Mart at 10:52 am Wednesday when his ride caught fire next to the station, Citrus County Chronicle Reported.
According to the outlet, fire personnel who arrived to control the fire discovered four 5-gallon containers filled with gas in the rear of the vehicle.
The fire was extinguished in about 20 minutes and one person was injured but was rushed to the hospital.
The Florida State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the official cause of the fire. Other details were not immediately available on Thursday.
The collision came as a cyber attack on the Colonel pipeline this week led to gas shortages in some states, causing panic and skyrocketing prices at the national level.
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