The Citrus County, Florida fire department responded to a vehicle fire late in the morning on May 12.
The call came at 10:52 am and Citrus County Fire and Rescue said the fire was out by 11:09 am. Although the cause of the fire has not been revealed, the Hummer was carrying four 5-gallon gasoline cans that the driver had filled up at the Texaco Food Mart on West Grover Cleveland Boulevard.
Pictures of the vehicle’s interior show multiple gas cans. They were melted by the heat of the fire.
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Unfortunately, there was one injury. The person injured refused transport, though, against medical advice.
The Florida State Fire Marshal was on the scene to conduct an investigation, though the cause of the fire has not yet been determined. Fire crews cleared the scene at 1:36 pm.
The fire follows multiple reports of people stockpiling gas and using unsafe containers, even plastic bags to store the gas. Those people feel inclined to do so as a result of a potential fuel shortage that is coming to the east coast.
The shortage follows a cybersecurity attack to one of America’s biggest pipelines. The company that runs the pipeline, though, reports that although the pipeline is not fully operational yet, service is back to all markets.
