Woman burned as petrol ignites
A woman has been badly burned after petrol ignited as she transferred it between containers in her kitchen.
Fire officer: No flames to extinguish
Lee Smith, one of the fire officers called to the scene, told BBC Radio 5 Live that firefighters did not need to extinguish any flames but had to deal with "a lot of smoke".
The woman was cooking dinner while decanting the fuel from an "appropriate petrol container" into a glass jug when the vapours ignited, according to Mr Smith.
That "created panic," causing the woman to spill the petrol, which "resulted in spillage on the lady's clothes which ignited as well", said Mr Smith.
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