A hellish scene: the fuel dispensed at that moment by the petrol station catches fire and the woman in the car, drawn from the flames, suffers very serious burns. Now the unfortunate woman is in a bed Major Burns Center of the Sant’Eugenio hospital and struggle between life and death.
The car catches fire while refueling at the petrol station: the woman who was on board suffers very serious burns
It happened in the early afternoon today, Friday 21 Juneat a petrol station in via Tiburtina near the intersection with the Tecnopolo. While refueling operations were underway, for reasons that have yet to be identified, the fuel caught fire. The flames soon spread and the woman driver of the parked vehicle was caught in the fire.
The driver, a 59-year-old woman, managed to escape from the passenger compartment but the deadly effect of the flames, according to the health workers who intervened on the scene, was expressed on almost 80 percent of the body. Together with the Ares 118 ambulances, the firefighters intervened on site to put out the fire and make the plant safe, and the agents of the IV Tiburtino Group of the Local Police. The petrol pump attendant also had to be helped due to illness.
The woman was intubated and in intensive care at the Sant’Eugenio Large Burns Center where she was transported by air ambulance.
The car was seized while investigations to reconstruct what happened are underway.
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