Driver escapes car fire on M3 (From Basingstoke Gazette)
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Driver escapes car fire on M3
11:10am Thursday 27th September 2012 in News By Emily Roberts, Chief Reporter
A BMW caught fire yesterday afternoon on the motorway.
The male driver who was heading towards London pulled over between junctions five and six on the M3 because he noticed a problem with his car. He managed to escape when it went up in flames.
Firefighters from Basingstoke were called to the incident at around 3pm and spent 45 minutes extinguishing the fire, which was in the engine of the car.
John Clarke, crew manager at Basingstoke fire station, said: “The driver was quite shaken up but he wasn’t injured. There was danger of the smoke going across the carriageway so one lane was partially shut down. There was quite a lot of damage to the car.”
Comments(2)
robertspet8
says...
11:58am Wed 3 Oct 12
radders19 wrote:I think you will find that the crew manager was quite correct in his assessment of the damage. I don't think he can be accused of exaggeration. :-)
The firefighters "spent 45 minutes extinguishing the fire, which was in the engine of the car" and "There was quite a lot of damage to the car". Really, you don't say.
radders19 says...
10:20am Sat 29 Sep 12
Really, you don't say.