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SUV bursts into flames at gas station
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Disaster was avoided Thursday afternoon in Newtown when a local woman was able to pull away from gasoline pumps just before her SUV burst into flames.“The store owner came running out and he was yelling ‘Move your car! Move your car!” said Ashley Pinegar, the driver of the 2004 Ford Expedition that caught fire yesterday around 3:30 p.m. at Hina Market.Pinegar was able to pull away from the pumps and reach the road. That’s where the SUV went from smoking heavily to bursting into flames.“I was taking the dog to the vet when I pulled in here to get some gas,” said Pinegar.She said her daughter noticed a smell and then they saw smoke coming from under the hood.