Left my car somewhere very cold, smells of petrol!

[veevee]

I've parked up my car in a free car park as I don't need to drive it much at the moment. The temperatures have been down as low as -30, and are currently at around -15. My car was under about 1.5 metres of snow but I've dug it out now. I put in cold temp antifreeze and wiper fluid before i parked it up; but noone told me about cold weather petrol!

When I dug my car out there was a pretty strong smell of petrol, and when i popped the bonnet to try and jump start it, everything looked very frozen (covered in frost!), so I thought I'd better leave it.

So...

1. What is likely to have happened? Does petrol freeze? What damage would/could this cause?
2. If I was able to start the car, would it be a bad idea to start it from such a low temperature (given that it hasn't been run for a while)?

Hoping for some PH wisdom here, thanks in advance!

[Incorrigible]

what's the car ??

I'm no cold weather expert, but I would have thought as long as the coolant hasn't frozen and the oil hasn't turned to treacle, then taking the plugs out and churning it over 'til you get oil pressure should see you good to try and fire it up