Crime & Safety
EGFD Puts Out Car Fire On Route 4
A driver of a nearby car alerted the driver after seeing flames coming out from under the car.
The East Greenwich Fire Department extinguished a car fire on Route 4 near Route 403 Monday morning. The car, which was completely engulfed in flames by the time police arrived, was a total loss, according to Acting Fire Chief Russell McGillvray.
NK Fire also sent an engine.
McGillvray said the call came in just after 9 a.m. The driver had been unaware his car was on fire until someone in a nearby car alerted him after seeing flames coming from underneath the car. Smoke from the fire was trailing the car.
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The driver and his dog, the only passenger, were unharmed. McGillvray said the fire appeared to have been caused by a malfunction.
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