NEW YORK, July 1 (UPI) -- A man hawking cheap gasoline from New Jersey to New York in his minivan sparked a small fire as he funneled the fuel into a livery car in Brooklyn.
Police said the 35-year old gasoline seller, whose name was not released, was treated for burns at a nearby hospital after the fire Saturday. The livery car driver was not injured, The New York Daily News reported Sunday.
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Police said the fire was sparked when the minivan driver was refueling the car with a handheld pump.
The seller, who may be charged with reckless endangerment, had reportedly made a business of hauling cheap gasoline from New Jersey to New York and selling it at a discount rate.
