Exploding Gasoline Can Destroys Pickup Truck

PHOTO:Firefighter-Paramedic James Childers extinguishes fire in the cab. 

NARRATIVE:
July 17th 2013, at approximately 5:10 pm, Golden Valley Firefighters extinguished a truck fire that reportedly began as an exploding gasoline can inside the pickup truck. After the first gasoline can exploded, the fire quickly spread and engulfed the late model Dodge pickup truck. A second gasoline can, which also exploded and was found approximately 50-feet from the pickup, started a grass and brush fire. Black smoke could be seen for miles as firefighters responded to the area of Tombstone and Chemehuevi Roads. The truck is a total loss, and there were no injuries according to Golden Valley Fire Battalion Chief David Martin. The cause is under investigation.