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Grainy security camera number four captures a young man in a red cap popping off the sedan. one of the passengers steps out laughing with the driver and two others who remain in the backseat. no one is prepared for what happened next. as the passenger reaches down near the pump nozzle, this mundane task goes bad in a flash. the situation quickly worsens when the driver panics, pulling the gas nozzle from the car, spraying gas across the vehicle and pavement. >> was dealing with one customer, and...

Days. but this video caught on camera was surely not their finest hour. >> and you have to remember how fortunate we really were. we were very, very lucky. >> in canadas north bay, ontario, 212 miles north of toronto, a routine fill-up unexpectedly blows up. threatening everyone in a half mile radius. october 16th, 2008. its a crisp fall night at the mister gas fuel station. its conveniently located in the middle of a residential neighborhood. corey darison is the loin employee on duty that even...

Inside the car. it could have been a lighter, a static shock, who knows. >> however it started, its clear from the video why the fire spread. >> the pumps have a lock on the nozzle that keeps it pumping. so when he went to grab the hose, the pump was still going and pumping fuel. that was why there was an initial fire ball when he pulled it out. with without the safety shutoff switches that we have in place, that gas nozzle was a giant flame thrower. >> to help prevent gas station fires like thi...