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Driver escapes burning car after accidentally igniting fuel vapours in Vancouver, police say
A 38-year-old man was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after accidentally igniting fuel vapours inside his car while lighting a cigarette in Vancouver’s Chinatown on Sunday. The fire also damaged two nearby parked vehicles, police said.
A man was hospitalized after accidentally igniting a fire in his car while lighting a cigarette in Vancouver’s Chinatown on Sunday, police said. The Vancouver Police Department said officers and Vancouver Fire Rescue Services firefighters were called to the area of Pender and Carrall streets at about 11:34 p.m.
Video obtained by CTV News shows a vehicle engulfed in flames, with black smoke billowing into the night sky. The VPD said the driver of a sedan accidentally ignited fuel vapours inside the cabin with a lit cigarette. Multiple jerry cans were stored in the vehicle. Although it was quickly engulfed in flames, the driver managed to escape.
Police said the driver, a 38-year-old man, was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. The fire damaged two vehicles parked nearby. VPD investigators deemed the incident “entirely accidental.”