A tractor trailer caught fire after slammed into a gas station and at least one other vehicle in Philadelphia's Lawncrest section early Tuesday.
The crash happened at the Speedway station at Oxford Avenue and Levick Street around 6:15 a.m., fire officials said.
The truck, towing a trailer for Shop Rite supermarkets, and an SUV collided, sending the big rig careening into the gas station. The trailer then caught fire.
"Smoke and flames were billowing out and then the stuff that was inside the truck, you heard a series of explosions," said Rae Taylor, who lives near the gas station.
Firefighters were able to quickly knock down the flames before it spread through the fuel stop.
The drivers of the truck and SUV were taken to a nearby hospital where they are listed in stable condition.
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An employee at the gas station escaped harm.
