Car fire caused by engine malfunction in Wichita, Wichita KS
Fire & ArsonA car fire occurred on near 29th St in Wichita caused by a mechanical malfunction in the engine. The driver noticed smoke and popping noises under the hood after parking and called 911. There was no indication of criminal activity.
Audio|Source: Wichita and Sedgwick County Fire Tac 1-7
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Transcript:
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I was just going to see, we had a car fire here, no city units are here on this call.
00:06
Do you guys do investigations on the car fires that are seemingly not suspicious? The fire was all in the engine department,
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and she was driving over here when she parked.
00:20
She realized smoke was coming out of the hood, and they called 911.
00:28
And so we got a vehicle that was actively driving, she noticed something was wrong, pulled over, and then we had a fire afterwards.
00:39
She arrived at the destination she was going to to babysit,
00:43
and she recognized that there was smoke and some popping noises coming from under the hood.
00:53
Yeah,
00:54
given what you're describing to me, it sounds like you've got some sort of malfunction of the vehicle.
01:00
And if it's all within the engine compartment, you have no other reason to believe that something's going on, we're not going to respond to that.
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Location mentioned:
W 29th St S, Wichita, KS 67217
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