Overview
- Fire crews contained a brief blaze after a gray SUV struck two pumps at the Speedway on Broadway in Saugus.
- Saugus Fire Capt. William Cross III said the flames were too small to trigger the station’s overhead suppression system.
- Cross credited automatic shut-offs inside the pumps and a fast emergency stop for cutting fuel and limiting the fire.
- Employee Joshua Grady said he hit the emergency shut-off after hearing the crash and saw the driver crawl out of the passenger side.
- The driver was taken to a hospital for evaluation, the station remains closed, and the cause is under investigation with no charges announced.