Peekskill Man Burned Taking Gas from Car for Lawn Mower
PEEKSKILL, N.Y. (AP) -- A man siphoning gasoline from a car to use in his lawn mower in the suburbs north of New York City has been burned.
Firefighters say the man was in a garage in Peekskill on Wednesday afternoon using an electric siphon to pull gas from the parked car. They say a spark from the electric pump ignited the gas fumes. They say flames engulfed the man and burned him over a good part of his body.
The man has been taken to a hospital.
The fire was confined to the garage. But the adjoining two-story home was damaged by smoke.
Firefighters say the man probably could have avoided triggering the flames if he had used a hose without an electric pump.
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