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Columbia firefighters investigate the scene of a fire this morning at a propane dispensing station at U-Haul, 800 Business Loop 70 W. An employee, identified as Josh Carlyon, was filling a 20-gallon propane tank when a fire started at the filling area. Carlyon extinguished the flames before firefighters arrived and was taken by ambulance to University Hospital for treatment of burns on his arms, Columbia Fire Battalion Chief Gary Warren said. No one else was injured. Fire marshals determined the cause of the blaze to be operator error. The fire resulted from a hose placed on the propane cylinder that allowed residual gas to enter an electric motor, fire officials said.
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