CARSON CITY – A Minden man narrowly escaped injury Wednesday afternoon when the gas pump he was using ignited, apparently because of static electricity. “I had just pumped 14 gallons of gas, started ...

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With Christmas road trips coming up, please remind everyone how to avoid vapor fires at self-service gas stations. -- S.T.B., Tulsa. Matt Skinner, public information officer for the Oklahoma ...

Static electricity sparked a flash fire yesterday that burned a 10-year-old boy and his mother after they filled their tank at a service station in Chesterfield County, authorities said. The boy was ...