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HURLOCK, Md. -- Three people were injured, one seriously, after their parked car burst into flames this afternoon.

Deputy State Fire Marshals are invistigating how the interior of the car caught fire on Mission Hill Road.

The three passengers were able to escape the flames just before a propane tank in the trunk exploded.

Two were victims were flown to Shock Trauma, and a third was flown to Bayview Burn Center, with burns estimated to cover 60 percent of her body.

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