A Florida gas station is at the center of a horrific and seemingly unprovoked attack that left a woman hospitalized with severe burns. A stranger is accused of setting the woman’s face on fire after she refused a request for cash. The violent encounter happened Thursday night, Sept. 10, in St. Petersburg, Florida, and has since led to the arrest of a 41-year-old suspect. According to Guessing Headlights, citing official reports from St. Petersburg PD, the 41-year-old victim was pumping gas into her Volvo SUV at a Mobil gas station at 101 40th Avenue North around 8 p.m. As she stood by her vehicle, she was approached by Eleanor Crawford, also 41, who investigators said was a complete stranger to the victim. Crawford initially asked the woman if she could borrow her mobile phone. The victim reportedly agreed and allowed her to use it. Things took a turn when Crawford allegedly followed up by asking the woman for money. After the victim refused, Crawford allegedly pulled out a cigarette lighter and set fire to the gasoline flowing from the pump nozzle into the vehicle’s fuel tank. She was arrested on similar charges weeks earlier The reaction was almost immediate. A sudden burst of fire engulfed the Volvo SUV and the victim. A nearby witness, Scotty Gramling, was parked in the area and had already called the police department’s non-emergency line moments earlier after reportedly seeing Crawford involved in a separate physical altercation. Gramling told reporters that police were already on their way when the fire suddenly erupted at the gas station. After seeing what he described as a massive “fireball,” Gramling ran toward the burning pump. He pulled the injured woman away from the flames, helped her into his truck and called emergency services. The victim was taken to Tampa General Hospital for treatment. According to St. Petersburg Assistant Police Chief Mike Kovacsev, she suffered second-degree burns to her back and arms. Her injuries were described as survivable, although she is expected to face a long and difficult recovery. St. Petersburg police officers arrived at the scene shortly after the explosion. Armed with descriptions from Gramling and store surveillance video, officers searched the surrounding neighborhood and located Crawford just two blocks from the Mobil station. She was taken into custody without further incident shortly after the alleged attack. A review of Pinellas County judicial records also shows that Crawford had been arrested in the area just weeks earlier. On July 21, she was arrested by the Gulfport Police Department on charges of battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting an officer without violence. She was released on Aug. 27 under a supervised release on recognizance program before allegedly carrying out the gas station attack. Authorities still have no motive Crawford was later booked into Pinellas County Jail. Prosecutors have charged her with attempted felony murder and arson. A judge set her total bond at $350,000 as she awaits formal arraignment. Authorities have not yet established a definitive motive for the alleged attack. Police have noted that Crawford has an extensive record of drug- and alcohol-related charges, with Assistant Police Chief Kovacsev saying, “I don’t know if alcohol and drugs were involved, but indicative of her history, there might’ve been something that diminished capacity there.”