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Daxweiler (dpa / lrs) - A van went up in flames while refueling at a gas station on Autobahn 61.
No one was injured, said a police spokesman on Thursday.
The amount of the damage from Wednesday evening at the Hunsrück-Ost service station near Daxweiler was "easily in five figures".
The vehicle was burned out and the gas station was damaged.
The cause is suspected to be a technical defect in the vehicle.
First, according to the police, black smoke billowed out of the engine compartment, then flames broke out.
The fire brigade put out the fire, the gas station was initially closed.
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