Vehicle explodes on Northwest Side, injuring man and damaging nearby car

SAN ANTONIO — A man was hospitalized with burns Saturday afternoon after gasoline believed to have been stored near a lawnmower caught fire, causing a vehicle to explode on the Northwest Side.

The explosion happened shortly after noon along Wurzbach Road near Interstate 10.

Investigators said they believe gasoline and a lawnmower were in the back of the vehicle when a fire somehow started, triggering the explosion. The blast also damaged another vehicle parked nearby and injured a man who was taken to the hospital with burns…

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