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http://uk.news.yahoo.com/woman-burned-while-decanting-petrol-091318813.html
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..A woman who was badly burned when petrol ignited as she transferred
it between containers in her kitchen has been named by neighbours.
Diane Hill, of Acomb, York, was decanting petrol from one container to
another when vapours ignited and set fire to her clothing, North
Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said.
It is thought she may have had the cooker on as she transferred the
fuel from "an appropriate petrol container" to a glass jug.
Next-door neighbour Margot Johnston, 86, said: "I had been gardening
and came in to make myself a cup of tea and I was aware of a cloud of
smoke coming over the hedge.
"I thought because it was a lovely day that they must be having a
barbecue. THEN I NOTICED THERE WAS SOMEONE IN THE GARDEN IN THE GARDEN
WHO SEEMED TO BE ON FIRE.
"One of the daughters was in the garden and I said 'Have you phoned
for the ambulance?' and she said she had. Even all through the war I
had never seen anything like it."
Ms Johnston added that both of her neighbour's daughters, Lauren and
Grace, were in the garden at the time of the incident.
She said: "Diane had obviously got home and started to cook dinner
while decanting petrol.
"Diane was conscious the whole time. They put her in the ambulance and
took her away."
Asked whether the threat of strikes by oil tanker drivers or poor
advice from the Government were to blame, Ms Johnston said: "People
are to blame for panicking, for panic-buying."
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