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July 21, 2007
LA PLATA, N.M. — A 19-year-old woman caught fire after she was fiddling with a cigarette lighter as she pumped gas, authorities said.
Brianna Sanchez was at a Sun Dial gas station with her boyfriend Friday night when the incident occurred, said Sgt. Jackie Budd, a spokesman with the San Juan County Sheriff's Office.
Budd called the incident a "freak accident" and said there was no reason to believe otherwise.
He said witnesses reported the woman was casually pumping gas and that she had a lighter in her hand. That's when flames shot out of the gas tank.
The woman and the immediate area caught fire. A person at the scene put out the blaze with a fire extinguisher.
Sanchez was taken to San Juan Regional Medical Center with burns to her face and upper torso. Budd didn't know the extent of her injuries.
July 21, 2007
LA PLATA, N.M. — A 19-year-old woman caught fire after she was fiddling with a cigarette lighter as she pumped gas, authorities said.
Brianna Sanchez was at a Sun Dial gas station with her boyfriend Friday night when the incident occurred, said Sgt. Jackie Budd, a spokesman with the San Juan County Sheriff's Office.
Budd called the incident a "freak accident" and said there was no reason to believe otherwise.
He said witnesses reported the woman was casually pumping gas and that she had a lighter in her hand. That's when flames shot out of the gas tank.
The woman and the immediate area caught fire. A person at the scene put out the blaze with a fire extinguisher.
Sanchez was taken to San Juan Regional Medical Center with burns to her face and upper torso. Budd didn't know the extent of her injuries.
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