A Palm Beach sheriff's deputy has been hospitalized after getting trapped beneath his motorcycle when it suddenly caught fire at a filling station

Richard Ragali was off-duty and riding to Key West with several other deputies when they stopped Friday to get gas in Marathon.

The Florida Highway Patrol says Ragali's bike fell, igniting a fuel puddle left on the ground from a previous customer. The fire quickly spread to a minivan nearby, but the two toddlers inside were saved before it reached their car seats.

The 53-year-old Ragali suffered burns over 50 to 60 percent of his body.

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