Car explodes at Brazil petrol station killing woman, Daily Mail Online
Car explodes at a petrol station in Brazil leaving woman, 27, burned beyond recognition and vehicle entirely demolished
By Janet Tappin Coelho In Rio De Janeiro For Mailonline 11:17 BST ten Apr 2017, updated 14:16 BST ten Apr two thousand seventeen
- Woman passenger killed instantly in ferocious blast in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Camera footage shows driver being flung across the forecourt to the ground
- He suffered serious injuries and is in intensive care after the appalling blast
- WARNING: GRAPHIC Pics
This is the shocking moment a car exploded as it was being packed up with compressed natural gas killing one woman and injuring three.
Security camera footage of the horrific incident at a petrol station in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, shows driver Jorge Siqueira de Souza, 45, talking to a female passenger.
She has been identified as Erica de Lima Thiengo Siqueira, twenty seven – who was killed instantly in the ferocious blast which left her assets burned beyond recognition.
In the movie a garage attendant in a long apron is seen moving away to another car on the opposite side of the supply tanks.
He leaves the gas lead in Mr de Souza’s car to proceed packing up – but without warning the vehicle combusts totally ruining it and causing extensive harm to the station’s roof.
Camera footage shows Mr De Souza being flung across the forecourt to the ground and lounging on the floor motionless.
He suffered serious injuries and is in intensive care at the Alberto Torres State Hospital in the Sao Goncalo neighbourhood.
Two others caught up in the blast were released after receiving medical attention for minor injuries.
According to Rio de Janeiro fire department a build-up of pressure inwards the vehicle’s gas cylinder caused it to explode.
They said the woman should not have been in the vehicle at the time under laws which say CNG should only be supplied when all passengers and the driver are outside the car.
Local resident Talita Albertina, who heard the enormous explosion, said: ‘I was at a baby shower at my neighbour’s around nine to 9.30pm when I heard this massive noise.
‘I thought it was very strange and thought it could be a road accident.
‘Then my friend said it must have come from the petrol station.
‘We ran to see what had happened and other people from a nearby pub came running too.
‘When we arrived we found one boy on the floor covered in blood, it was a terrible look. I couldn’t look because I commenced to feel ill.
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‘There was another woman who was injured. My neighbour was also there. He was in the car behind and had head injuries. Fortunately his injuries weren’t that serious.
‘The ambulance and fire engines arrived truly quickly and my neighbour was attended to by paramedics.
‘His wifey was with him in the car. She wasn’t injured but she was in a terrible state of shock.’
An investigation has been launched into the cause of the accident.1