Man cheats death after spark from mobile phone triggers fire at petrol station |
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A man in his 40s narrowly avoided disaster when his car exploded while refueling at a petrol station in Repoh, Kangar today.
The incident occurred around 4.10pm as the man stopped to fill up his vehicle. Kangar police chief Assistant Commissioner Yusharifuddin Mohd Yusop said checks showed that as the man was refueling, the fuel tank exploded, engulfing the car in flames. Despite sustaining minor burns on his hands from shattered glass debris, the victim survived the ordeal. The station attendants quickly intervened, extinguishing the blaze within 15 minutes. ---------------------------------- #NST #NSTTV visit us at http://www.nst.com.my our Facebook http://www.facebook.com/nstonline more news at http://www.twitter.com/NST_Online and also http://www.instagram.com/nstonline |