BLACKSBURG, S.C. (WSPA) – A motorcyclist was air lifted to the hospital with burns on over 50% of his body Thursday night when a portable container ignited while filling up.
According to Josh Parker, chief of the Buffalo Fire Department in Cherokee County, firefighters were called to a gas station on Blacksburg Highway shortly after 9 p.m.
Parker said a motorcyclist was filling up a portable container with gas next to a running motorcycle. The container got too hot and burst into flames, he said.
“He has burns on over 50% of his body, on the right side,” Parker said.
The victim was flown to the hospital on a helicopter to be treated for his burns.
We will update this story as more information becomes available.
