Explosion burns women, vehicle 
2003 Reader Submission
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Story by Christi Stevens (cstevens@nccentral.net)
Two women were hospitalized with burns Thursday after a vacuum device they were using exploded, catching a car on fire.
The incident occurred shortly before 1:50 p.m. in front of a home on East Anna Jo Drive in the Inverness Highlands. Marsha Smith, 46, and Melissa Louise Morgan, 20, both live at the home.
Sheriff's spokeswoman Rhonda Hemminger Evan said the two women were using the vacuum to siphon gasoline out of a vehicle so they could put it in another vehicle.
Evan said Morgan and her husband wanted to get gasoline from Smith's car so they could drive to the hospital to visit a sick friend.
The vacuum somehow caught fire and exploded, Evan said. She said Smith and Morgan were both injured--Smith suffered minor burns on her hand and a burn to her leg while Morgan suffered severe burns on her leg, from her thigh to her ankle.
Morgan was taken by ambulance to Citrus Memorial Hospital in Inverness. Smith went there, too, but she was driven by a friend.
A hospital spokeswoman said both women were treated and later released. Submitted on 04/14/2002
Submitted by:
Janice Zimmer
Reference:
Citrus County Chronicle 4/12/
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