'Just in the nick of time': Bystanders save woman from burning car in Comox

Two people in the Comox Valley jumped into action and pulled a woman out of a burning vehicle over the weekend.

Two people in the Comox Valley jumped into action and pulled a woman out of a burning vehicle over the weekend.

The chaotic scene unfolded in Comox on Saturday just moments after the woman's vehicle crashed into a pump at a gas station.

"Suddenly, we heard a crash, followed by some tires squealing, and then an even louder crash and bang," said witness Will Lewthwaite.

Lewthwaite lives in an apartment overlooking the station and witnessed the aftermath for a few moments before fleeing his building.

"We watched as a gas station attendant took a fire extinguisher to the car and then pulled the victim out of the car along with her dog," he said.

That attendant, and an employee of 19-Wing Comox who happened to be driving past the gas station at the moment of the crash, are credited with saving the woman.

Comox fire Chief Gord Schreiner says the pair pulled the woman out "just in the nick of time" and that the fire fully engulfed the car soon after.