Crime & Safety

Car Erupts Into a Ball of Flames at Glastonbury Gas Station

The car reportedly broke down and the driver pushed it into the gas station where it caught fire.

A disabled car that a driver pushed into the Citgo gas station on Hebron Avenue in Glastonbury caught fire at the gas pumps Tuesday night.

Glastonbury police said the car broke down near the station at 592 Hebron Ave., and it burst into flames after the driver pushed it to the station, according to NBC Connecticut.

The fire was quickly extinguished.

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