Emergency services were called to the Bay View BP on Friday night after a large fire broke out. Photo: Kelly BrayThree people were inside a car when a bucket of fuel inside the car ignited at a Hawke's Bay petrol station, starting a massive forecourt inferno, police have confirmed. "A review of the CCTV indicates a bucket containing fuel ignited while inside a vehicle which was stationary and parked adjacent to a set of the petrol pumps at the service station." He said police had spoken to a number of people, including three people in the stationary vehicle and a person in a vehicle which was parked immediately behind it. "The entire service station forecourt was alight within minutes and it is nothing short of a miracle that nobody was injured or killed."

Source: Otago Daily Times January 18, 2021 21:33 UTC