A Hummer with 5-gallon cans of gas in the back caught fire in Florida, injuring 1

• A Hummer caught fire in Citrus County, Florida, while carrying gallons of gas on Wednesday.
• The driver had filled the gas cans after a cyberattack shut down the Colonial Pipeline.
• One person was injured in the blaze.

One person was injured when a Hummer carrying five-gallon cans of gas caught fire in Florida on Wednesday, fire officials said.

The fire happened as people across the East Coast scrambled to fill their gas tanks this week after a cyberattack shut down the Colonial Pipeline, a major US gas provider.

Citrus County Fire Rescue told the Citrus County Chronicle that the driver of the Hummer had just filled five-gallon cans with fuel at a local gas station before the fire broke out.

Fire officials told The Chronicle that the gas cans were sitting in the trunk of the vehicle. Photos of the vehicle show it was severely damaged in the fire.

One person was injured in the incident, but declined transport to a hospital against medical advice, fire officials told The Chronicle.

It's unclear how the fire started, but the blaze is now being investigated by the Florida State Fire Marshal.