Explosion at gas station

Tue 14th Aug, 2012

Wolfratshausen - A 43-year-old car driver was seriously injured on Friday, in an explosion at a natural gas filling station in Wolfratshausen.
The man was about to fill up his tank, when the gas canister exploded in his car, police reported. Due to flying schrapnel, the man was serious injured. He was flown by helicopter to hospital.
Reasons behind the explosion were initially unclear. The police handed the matter over to the hands of the Office for Criminal Investigation.

Christine Wandolo is the Health editor at The Munich Eye.

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