MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) – Mobile fire crews responded to the 7700 block of Hitt Road Friday afternoon for a reported vehicle fire.
According to an MFRD release, Engine 26 arrived on scene Friday around 4:30 p.m. and observed a utility pole down, and power lines falling onto the roof of a Toyota Camry, and a woman sitting in the driver’s seat of the car.
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FIRE LOCATION:
“Of the three downed wires, one rested against the car, while the wind caused another to intermittently contact the car, causing sparks and igniting the vehicle’s ceiling lining,” the MFRD release said .
Crews established a safe zone but had to tell the driver not to move to avoid contact with conductive metals, even as smoke filled the car and dripped burning ceiling plastic near the driver, the release said.
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“Firefighters slid a 10-foot pike pole onto the roof of the car to prevent the wire from coming into contact with it,” the release said. “The pike stick, a tool used to tear down ceilings during firefighting, has a long shaft made of non-conductive fiberglass.”
According to the statement, firefighters used a six-foot pike pole to open the car door and instructed the woman on how to safely exit the vehicle and enter the safe zone.
The melting materials eventually ignited the vehicle, which burned until the power lines were de-energized by Alabama Power.
MFRD crews then used water and foam to extinguish the fire, the release said.
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“It was a bad situation that got worse as time went on,” said MFRD Captain Charles Andrews. “We were lucky enough to get her out of there.”
District 4, engines 26 and 11 and truck 27 extinguished the fire.
MFRD reported no injuries.
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