Summary
Firefighters closed a bar and convenience store after a woman crashed her car into a 1,000-gallon propane tank in Vancouver. It happened at the Five Corners Service Center just before 11 p.m. Friday.
Story Published: Aug 15, 2009 at 12:15 PM PST
Story Updated: Aug 15, 2009 at 2:40 PM PST
The 2001 Oldsmobile Minivan whose driver plowed into a 1,000-gallon propane tank in Vancouver late Friday night. (Photos courtesy Kyle Kirby, Vancouver Fire Department.)
VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Firefighters closed a bar and convenience store after a woman crashed her car into a 1,000-gallon propane 
tank near the Orchards area of Vancouver.
It happened at the Five Corners Service Center at 
9404 N.E. 76th St. just before 11 p.m. Friday night.
A 2001 Oldsmobile Minivan hit a fire hydrant before knocking over the 1,000-gallon tank. The call was received at 10:42 p.m. and Vancouver fire, Clark County Sher riff’s Office and American Medical Response teams responded.
When rescue crews arrived, they found what they called "a knee-high propane cloud" drifting through the intersection of Northeast 94th Avenue and Northeast 76th Street.
The woman driving the car was taken to a hospital for treatment. No word on the extent of her injuries.
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