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Woman drives burning car into Delta Gas Station @ Pasea

August 27th, 2024 | Tags: car fire Delta gas station panic fire officers
The car on fire at Delta Gas Station today, August 27, 2024. Photo: Team of Reporters
PASEA ESTATE, Tortola, VI- A woman, on seeing her car catching afire, caused some amount of panic when she drove the burning car into the Delta Gas Station in Pasea Estate in her bid to get help.

According to reports reaching our News Centre, the incident took place around 2:00 PM, today August 27, 2024. 

The fire was; however, quickly brought under control by staff and subsequently put out by fire officers.

Luckily, no injuries were reported. There were also no damages to the gas station.

59 Responses to “Woman drives burning car into Delta Gas Station @ Pasea”

  • Blessed (27/08/2024, 16:09) Like (44) Dislike (0) Reply
    God love alone…that could have ended horribly
    • Madussa (27/08/2024, 17:10) Like (52) Dislike (7) Reply

      What a D****-@#$ she was driving fire into a GAS station. She could have blown up and killed everyone for not using good judgment. She should have pulled over on the road and got out of her car. No common sense what-so-ever!

      • @Madussa (27/08/2024, 23:43) Like (12) Dislike (7) Reply
        Sometimes, when people panic, they don't think clearly and don't react the way they should.
        • LOL (28/08/2024, 09:23) Like (7) Dislike (4) Reply
          Lol only someone truly stupid, would think hey my car is on fire, let me take it to one of the most dangerous places I could for help.

          Anyone with half a brain would have gotten out of the vehicle that was on fire. This person clearly a danger to society. They shouldn’t be operating anything that could endanger the lives of others, they should not have a license.
      • ma yute (28/08/2024, 15:10) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
        at least she wasn't smoking
    • So... (27/08/2024, 18:36) Like (3) Dislike (8) Reply
      So nothing happend. Great. Thanks for letting us know.
  • Stewie Griffen (27/08/2024, 16:15) Like (66) Dislike (7) Reply
    Really lady? You take a burning car to a gas station?
  • NB (27/08/2024, 16:18) Like (48) Dislike (11) Reply
    Charge her for putting the public in danger. Any idiot knows that was the worse thing to do.
    • Linda (27/08/2024, 17:12) Like (21) Dislike (4) Reply
      @ NB, well she's a special kind of IDIOT! I cannot believe she did that.
  • Bob (27/08/2024, 16:20) Like (38) Dislike (2) Reply
    "They walk amongst us"........
  • What? (27/08/2024, 16:25) Like (42) Dislike (0) Reply
    Driving fire into a gas station is like setting off a ticking bomb! What a greater disaster that could have been. STEP 1- immediately stop the car and evacuate the vehicle.
  • What a cartography (27/08/2024, 16:28) Like (26) Dislike (1) Reply
    Wow she is crazy
  • Lawd jeezas (27/08/2024, 16:31) Like (30) Dislike (4) Reply
    She need lock up!
  • Mr. Gage (27/08/2024, 16:36) Like (18) Dislike (1) Reply
    Of all the places.
  • WHAT!!! (27/08/2024, 16:49) Like (27) Dislike (1) Reply
    To add to everyone else how stupid can you be to drive fire into a gas station?
  • WOW (27/08/2024, 16:54) Like (33) Dislike (0) Reply
    I understand being scared but losing all common sense due to fright is crazy. She could have killed several people today
  • panic (27/08/2024, 16:54) Like (21) Dislike (2) Reply
    Panic without thinking that is what panic is
  • Native Senior Citizen of the British Virgin Islands (27/08/2024, 17:08) Like (19) Dislike (4) Reply
    Truly, no one in their right mind would have done something that ignorant. Please do us a great favor Traffic Department, withdraw her rights to drive any vehicle that uses fuel that can caused a fire explosion.
    Not only that, she needs to attend common sense class for next three to six months, and past the test before any consideration of given her permission to operate a vehicle.

    No hate, that's fair for her and our people's safety.
  • Real Macoy (27/08/2024, 17:16) Like (25) Dislike (25) Reply
    Maybe it was first smoking and then it caught fire after.
    Only she knows the true story, so don't bash her too much.
    Panic is a boss and no one is perfect at that time.
  • WOW (27/08/2024, 17:17) Like (20) Dislike (3) Reply
    Taking a burning car to a gas station has to be one of the dumbest things I've ever read in my life.
  • NezRez (27/08/2024, 17:19) Like (24) Dislike (1) Reply
    They don't even want us to use our cell phones because it may cause a spark, and she brought the entire fireworks to the gas station. You can't make this stuff up folks, no way you can make this up.
    • BIG DOG (29/08/2024, 09:38) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      that's a myth. just an excuse for busibodies to tell people what to do
  • Cut her some slack (27/08/2024, 17:28) Like (22) Dislike (10) Reply
    She was frightened and was not thinking. But a gas station is not the ideal place to drive a vehicle on fire. Thank God the situation didn’t escalate.
  • one for the books (27/08/2024, 18:12) Like (14) Dislike (0) Reply
    Did she have to pull up next to a pump? So close as if she wanted gas.
  • observa (27/08/2024, 18:14) Like (12) Dislike (3) Reply
    Woman with no brains
    • Lol SMH (27/08/2024, 23:12) Like (1) Dislike (4) Reply
      Like plenty of them, my woman just leave me for another man say I complain to much about saving! She pick up another man who party like her. Then she now messing with a woman also lol set no brains woman on Tola especially.
  • Eldread (27/08/2024, 18:18) Like (17) Dislike (1) Reply
    Respectfully that's a didiot and moomooish, this woman wanted to blow up Tortola like a terrorist, for an adult and you notice fire in your car would you run into a gas station to ignite it?
  • HMMM (27/08/2024, 18:29) Like (6) Dislike (0) Reply
    I thought you had to read up about road safety before taking a driving test?
  • blessings (27/08/2024, 18:44) Like (12) Dislike (3) Reply
    God is good.Lady I do hope you learn from this mistake ok.
  • Standard or premium (27/08/2024, 18:50) Like (2) Dislike (1) Reply
    Did she tip
  • HMMM (27/08/2024, 19:03) Like (19) Dislike (2) Reply
    Please arrest this woman for reckless endangerment and revoke her license. She could have killed so many people. No amount of fright should make one so stupid.
  • name (27/08/2024, 19:34) Like (7) Dislike (3) Reply
    What is her name?
  • Sam (27/08/2024, 19:37) Like (8) Dislike (1) Reply
    Common sense is not common. A child knows fire and fuel don’t go hand in hand. Gezzzz
    • No se (28/08/2024, 11:07) Like (0) Dislike (2) Reply

      Señores debemos dar gracias a Dios que no paso a mayores dejen de criticar a la señora, fue un momento de desesperación hoy fue ella, Mañana podría ser usted

  • Well Ah Ting! (27/08/2024, 19:41) Like (9) Dislike (0) Reply
    Well look how the whole of Pasea nearly burn down today.
  • maco (27/08/2024, 19:52) Like (1) Dislike (8) Reply
    The young went to get gas she never knew that the jeep was over heated .that could of happen to anyone so stop think like a fool.
  • justin (27/08/2024, 20:05) Like (5) Dislike (0) Reply
    maybe she had suicide on her mind
  • Jay (27/08/2024, 20:28) Like (12) Dislike (0) Reply
    I always say common sense is a flower that doesn't grow in everyone's garden. SMH at this woman.
  • asking for a friend (27/08/2024, 20:28) Like (10) Dislike (8) Reply
    What if she just thought the car was overheating? She could have thought it was just steam coming from the engine and pulled into the station to get some assistance and coolant for the vehicle. Opening the hood would have introduced additional oxygen to a small flame, causing it to flare up and engulf the engine in seconds. I don't think she drove down the highway with flames bellowing out from the front of the car and then decided to pull into the gas station.
    • TORTOLIAN (28/08/2024, 07:29) Like (6) Dislike (2) Reply
      Finally someone with sense, you are so right. We Tortolians are always ready to judge people and think the worst of them. I don't think that lady would have gone in a gas station with a burning car, more likely she drove in to get assistance and the car became inflamed. Let us thank God that no one was hurt and let us wait until the woman has given her reasoning or story for driving into the gas station. As the Bible say, first take the plank out of your eyes first before taking the mote out of hour neighbor's eye, what if she was your child....on another note, fright can make people do strange things...SMH
    • Lawl (28/08/2024, 09:33) Like (2) Dislike (2) Reply
      A woman, on seeing her car catching afire, caused some amount of panic when she drove the burning car into the Delta Gas Station in Pasea Estate in her bid to get help.

      It’s idiots like yourself that validate other idiots like this person, why the island is so overwhelmed with idiots.

      Read an article that literally says “she drove car on fire INTO gas station” not it CAUGHT fire WHILE she was already at the gas station.

      Definitely a place filled with mass idiocy this island is.
    • smh (28/08/2024, 19:13) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      Well. "Asking for a friend" When or if your vehicle overheats, drive it into a gas station, next to a pump. Stpz.
  • be safe (27/08/2024, 22:32) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    Glad to know the outcome n that everyone was safe. That was a real risk she took. Driving it to a ‘gas station’ is beyond risky ( it could have easily exploded) putting others in great danger. Going forward if one’s vehicle is burning/smoking the safest thing to do is get out, get away from it, and call for help /the fire department. #Yourlifematters you can always get another vehicle but you cannot get back life.
  • LOL (27/08/2024, 22:36) Like (15) Dislike (0) Reply
    She parked right next to the gas tank. WOW. I guess she wanted a "full up". This can't be real.
  • bojan (28/08/2024, 02:48) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    Like I say only in the BVI what a thing to tell the King there we go again a 2 smart woman.
  • Must've (28/08/2024, 04:20) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
    Born from behind
  • LAW (28/08/2024, 06:20) Like (2) Dislike (4) Reply
    The need to stop allowing the congregation of person drinking at DELTA as if it is a bar. This is a dangerous practice. On Virgin Gorda at DELTA they line there and drink rum all day with chairs lined up outside where they sit.
  • 2024 (28/08/2024, 07:11) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    the once tranquil british virgin islands have become so law-less it is unimaginable
  • Wow! (28/08/2024, 07:36) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
    Almost a Darwin Award candidate!
  • Streups (28/08/2024, 08:46) Like (2) Dislike (2) Reply
    She was already parked and getting gas from the gas station. Report the truth. Supposed it had caused the gas station to burn down? She would not have been liable, and not at fault. Lady, I hope you and your family are well, do not mind the unnecessary, misinformed, nonsensical commentaries. Wish you and your family all the best!
  • SAT ONE SAY 2 (28/08/2024, 09:00) Like (1) Dislike (1) Reply
    WE CAN ALL TALK , BUT TRY TO PICTURE WHAT COULD OF HAPPENED THERE IN A SPLIT SECOND / ALL THOSE WHO WERE IN CLOSE VICINITY WOULD OF BEEN BLOWN TO BITS AND ALL NOW SO THEY WOULD OF BEEN STILL PICKING UP PIECES OF BODY PARTS ○¿○ / THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO SEE THAT INCIDENT AS A WAKE UP CALL AND PUT THE NESSARY MEASURES AS A PRECAUTION IN ( S-A-P ) / THEY WERE LUCKY , THE LORD PROTECTED THEM ( AND AM HAPPY IT DIDN'T TURNED INTO A TRAGEDY
  • Truth (28/08/2024, 09:02) Like (0) Dislike (2) Reply
    The lady did not know and maybe she did but panick! Thanks o Mr. Mc Clean for his update on hazmat for it could of been deadly so the ones who did not know thanks Mr. McClean....
  • charge (28/08/2024, 09:42) Like (2) Dislike (1) Reply
    She should be charged or faced with a fine. Oh the countless lives she could have taken yesterday by not thinking.
    • Fiction (28/08/2024, 15:34) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      All of the commenters have watched too many movies. Gas stations do not suddenly explode.. nor do cars... Get read up what it takes to cause an explosion...
  • fish (28/08/2024, 09:50) Like (1) Dislike (5) Reply
    give the lady a break she was afraid
  • omg (28/08/2024, 11:23) Like (3) Dislike (6) Reply
    got to be a woman…
    Old People say that, one drunk man have more sense than Four women with Degree ,, Wow
  • lk (29/08/2024, 17:14) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    That's a real criminal no joke


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