OLYPHANT, Pa. — Flames scorched an auto repair shop in Lackawanna County Tuesday morning.
Firefighters responded to Mid-Valley Auto Body and Repair on East Lackawanna Avenue in Olyphant around 9 a.m.
According to troopers, an employee accidentally caught gasoline on fire inside one of the garage bays. He tried to get the burning gas can out of the building and got burned himself. He was treated at the hospital.
The fire then ignited items in front of the garage and caught the overhead door on fire.
Olyphant DPW workers were driving by and used fire extinguishers to control the fire until firefighters arrived.
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