Moment hero police officer stops man setting himself on fire - halting horror explosion at Tesco petrol station

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This is the moment a police sergeant prevented a potential disaster when he tackled a man threatening to set himself alight at a petrol station.Sgt Charlie Thompson confronted the individual, who had covered himself in fuel and was clutching a lighter just metres from the pumps, in Stratford-upon-Avon last October.He sprung into action at a Tesco forecourt, where the risk of a devastating explosion was described as "catastrophic".The man had doused himself using a jerry can before Sgt Thompson intervened.Officers arriving at the scene found him demanding to speak with various people, including the town's mayor.Bodycam footage revealed the man issuing threats to set himself ablaze, giving emergency services a 15-minute deadline to act.Sgt Thompson first tried to defuse the situation through dialogue."I will try and do what I can.

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I won't talk to you while you are holding a lighter.

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I will talk to you but not here," he told the man.The officer urged him to move away from the forecourt,...

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