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FAIRFIELD - It could have been a disaster: A car fully engulfed in flames near gas pumps.
And the gas station's automatic extinguishing system is having a tough time putting out the fire.
It happened around 5:20 a.m. Sunday at the Cumberland Farms store/gas station at 975 Kings Highway.
"Upon arrival, the fire department found a car heavily involved and approximately fifty feet from the gas pumps," Assistant Fire Chief Schuyler Sherwood said in a release late Monday. "The gas station operator had activated the extinguishing system prior to the fire department arrival.
"The automatic extinguishing system did not extinguish the fire. The fire department was able to keep the fire from extending to the gas pumps and was able to extinguish the fire without incident or injury."
Sherwood said the operator of the vehicle told firefighters while operating his car on the highway he had observed smoke and flames in the interior of the car and pulled off the highway.
"The outcome of this incident would have been much worse if the car was closer to the pumps and was not extinguished as rapidly as it was."
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