Fire destroys car

By Matt White

Thursday, April 26, 2012

 

Fire destroys car

The burnt-out car. Picture by Simon Daniels.

A FIRE destroyed a car this afternoon (Thursday).

Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service was called to Clarence Road, East Cowes, at around 2.10pm, where a silver Citroen was alight.

One fire engine from Newport attended the scene and the fire was out by 2.40pm.

Estate agent, Simon Daniels, photographed firefighters tackling the blaze.

He said: "I saw smoke coming from the bonnet and within about ten minutes the whole thing was alight."

Car fire
The car fire in Clarence Road. Pictures by Simon Daniels.

Reporter: mattw@iwcpmail.co.uk

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