A suspected gas thief is on the run after a fiery explosion at a Spokane Valley gas station.
Early Monday morning, Spokane Valley deputies claimed a man was siphoning fuel directly from an underground storage tank at an Exxon gas station into containers inside a red 2007 Chevrolet Trail Blazer when an explosion rocked the vehicle just before 5 a.m.
“The windows shattered, the sunroof flew into the air and landed on the hood, and the SUV’s interior quickly filled with smoke and flames,” the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office stated. “The male, sitting in the driver’s seat when the explosion occurred, quickly crawled out of the driver’s side door window, grabbed a fire extinguisher, and tried to put the flames out.”…