THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, January 6, 1996 TAG: 9601060284
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B3 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Short : 26 lines
Norfolk firefighters, top, inspected the burned-out Cottage Toll
Exxon service station at Tidewater Drive and Bayview Boulevard about
6 p.m. Friday after a two-alarm blaze swept the station and
destroyed vehicles inside.
JOHN C. BELL photo
In photo at left, Vicky Cahoon, center, a bookkeeper at the service
station, expresses relief after being resued from the fire by a
volunteer firefighter. The blaze started when an employee, draining
the gasoline tank of a car in a service bay, loosened a plug on the
tank, spilling fuel onto the floor and a hand-held electric lamp,
fire officials said. The heat of the bulb ignited the gasoline
fumes.
by CNB