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Jul 3, 2008 11:09 pm US/Eastern

Smoking Ignites Van In Flames Along With Driver

Explosion Caught On Surveillance Cameras Also Shattered Glass At Nearby Stores

HIALEAH (CBS4) ― Nelson Gonzalez was rushed to Ryder Trauma Center after his van exploded on a Hialeah street Thursday morning.  An initial police report suggests that gas vapors ignited when he his cigarette.
A spokesman for Hialeah Fire And Rescue, Luis Simon, told CBS4 that the "Driver was sitting on the sidewalk waiting for us, and had burns over the front of his body."

Police commented that Gonzalez was a welder who had highly inflammable equipment inside, and when he lit a cigarette the van exploded as seen on nearby surveillance cameras.

The accident happened at East 4th Ave. between 13th and 14th Streets, in Hialeah, Florida, and the driver is expected to recover from his injuries.  
 

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