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Car fire on Route 48 spreads, causing brush fires

Car fire on Route 48 spreads, causing brush fires
THAT SUV EXPLOSION HAPPENED HERE, A ROUTE 48 IN THE NORTHBOUND LANE IN NORTH FOR SALE. WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WAS SO LOUD, SO HEAVY THAT IT ACTUALLY FELT AND HEARD ABOUT A HALF MILE IN THAT DIRECTION, NORTHBOUND ON ROUTE 48. BUT THIS IS THE ACTUAL SPOT WHERE IT HAPPENED. THIS CHARRED OUT AREA IS WHERE THE SUV ACTUALLY EXPLODED. EXPLODED AND CAUGHT FIRE. IF YOU LOOK BEYOND THIS SPOT INTO THE GRASSY AREA, THAT’S WHERE A BRUSH FIRE STARTED AFTER THE EXPLOSION. AND THEN IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THE ROAD AND THE SOUTHBOUND DIRECTION OF ROUTE 48, THAT DARKENED AREA IS WHERE ANOTHER BRUSH FIRE STARTED AS A RESULT OF THE EXPLOSION. AND IT WENT ALL THE WAY UP TO THE HILLSIDE. HERE’S MORE NOW FROM SKY 4. AS WE SEE FIRST RESPONDERS CATCHING UP TO THIS EXPLOSION OF THE SUV, PUTTING IT OUT, EXTINGUISHING IT. AND THEN WITHIN MINUTES, THE ENSUING BRUSH FIRES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD. THIS CAUSE, FIRST RESPONDERS TO COME IN FROM MONROEVILLE NORTH FOR SALES AS WELL AS PITCAIRN AND EAST MCKEE SPORT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. BUT AS WE SAID, THAT THIS EXPLOSION WAS SO LOUD AND IT WAS SO HEAVY THAT IT COULD BE SEEN. IT FELT ABOUT A HALF MILE IN THAT DIRECTION AT A SPEEDWAY GAS STATION AND CONVENIENCE STORE. BUT WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT INJURIES IN RELATION TO THIS INCIDENT
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Car fire on Route 48 spreads, causing brush fires
Several fire departments were responding after a car fire spread to the nearby brush along Route 48 in eastern Allegheny County on Thursday afternoon.See the video from Sky 4: Click the video player above.Sky 4 flew over the scene on Route 48 (Mosside Boulevard), between Wall Avenue and Route 30.The video showed a burned car, with smoke coming from the wooded areas alongside the road.Firefighters from Monroeville, Pitcairn, North Versailles and East McKeesport were assisting with the incident.It's unclear how the car caught fire and if there were any injuries.

Several fire departments were responding after a car fire spread to the nearby brush along Route 48 in eastern Allegheny County on Thursday afternoon.

See the video from Sky 4: Click the video player above.

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Sky 4 flew over the scene on Route 48 (Mosside Boulevard), between Wall Avenue and Route 30.

The video showed a burned car, with smoke coming from the wooded areas alongside the road.

Firefighters from Monroeville, Pitcairn, North Versailles and East McKeesport were assisting with the incident.

It's unclear how the car caught fire and if there were any injuries.