THERE was drama in Fremington on Tuesday evening when a car burst into flames on a busy residential street.
At around 6pm Mike Tetley's Mark II Volkswagen Golf caught fire on the junction of Elmlea Avenue and Oaklea Crescent and was ablaze for around five to ten minutes before the fire service arrived to extinguish the fire.
Mr Tetley said he had just left his house and was turning the vehicle around when it suddenly caught fire. He said: "I heard the car back fire and didn't think too much of it but my mate Jason shouted to me that the back of my car was on fire."
Mr Tetley jumped out of the car and within a minute it was engulfed with flames, he said. He also said that while the car burned there were several loud explosions. Mr Tetley's friend, Jason Wonnacott, who lives on Elmlea Avenue, called the fire brigade.
Smoke poured from the vehicle and a crowd of around 100 residents came out to watch the fire, before the a fire engine turned up. Three firemen wearing breathing apparatus put out the fire using a hose and carbon dioxide extinguishers.
The car was eventually removed, leaving burn marks and deep holes in the tarmac where the fire melted the road surface.
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