AN EXPLOSION AND GAS PUMP FIRE IN SOUTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE SUNDAY NIGHT. IT HAPPENED AFTER A DRIVER HIT THE GAS PUMP AT THE 7-11 AT SAN MATEO AND KATHRYN. THE DRIVER WAS RICHARD PENN, WHO SAYS ANOTHER DRIVER SPED PAST HIM, DISORIENTING HIM. HE SLAMMED INTO THE GAS PUMP, WHICH AUTOMATICALLY SHUT OFF.
BUT THE FLAMES WERE ALL AROUND HIM. GAS STATION WORKERS TRIED TO GET PENN OUT OF HIS CAR. HE WAS RESCUED.
