KPHO-TV: The manager of the gas station said the victim’s friend said they had been joking around, and then moments later, there was an explosion.
He said his friend was just messing around, and evidently struck a match, and that’s when everything blew up,” said Phillip Butler, general manager at the Chevron gas station.
Cashier Benjamin Gonzalez said as soon as he saw the fire, he ran out, pulled the nozzle out of the pump and doused the whole thing with water.
“By the time I got there, the guy was on fire, running around all crazy,” said Gonzales.
It was Gonzalez’ first week on the job.
He admitted he was a little scared.
“I didn’t want the whole thing going on fire, don’t want an explosion in here, you know,” said Gonzalez.
Also on the video, you can see the driver who had been pumping gas run from the pump as soon as the SUV caught fire. Moments later, the driver ran back to the car to rescue a baby from the back seat. A woman in the car was also seen jumping out the back window to escape the flames.
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