Timon Fire Corps Orders Gas Station to Fix Safety Lapse After Match Ignites Vapor Fire

Overview

• Security video captured a customer striking a match to light a cigarette during fuel unloading, igniting gasoline vapors across the forecourt.
• A station attendant quickly extinguished the flames with an extinguisher, there were no injuries, and firefighters were not called.
• The Timon fire corps confirmed the match as the ignition source and warned that heavier-than-air vapors can ignite with a tiny spark.
• Inspectors notified the station that the outdoor tables area where the man smoked was not in its approved fire-safety plan and set a two-week deadline to regularize it.
• Authorities reiterated required unloading protocols, while noting the station displays no‑smoking signs and that Brazil’s anti‑smoking law puts compliance duties on the establishment.