Smoke rose from the platform of the Cenex service station at Fourth Avenue and Superior Street moments after 1 p.m. Wednesday after a motorist hit two gasoline pumps. One was knocked over and subsequently started to burn.
The pump was equipped with fuel shutoff equipment and the blaze was put out when the Antigo Fire Department arrived, but it was quite a sight before the water hit.
With the station situated along busy Highway 45, crowds gathered to watch after the 92-year-old motorist exited the auto bay at a swift clip and struck the pumps. Officials said his vehicle was stopped by the pump’s protective post, keeping his automobile from, perhaps, further traveling across the lot and into traffic.
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