Vehicle catches fire after mechanical failure

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ELLSWORTH – A motorist’s car burst into flames while he was driving west on Bucksport Road on Friday night. The Bucksport resident managed to escape without injury. Police blame a mechanical failure for the fire that ignited in the 1987 Chevy Blazer’s engine while Bradford…
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ELLSWORTH – A motorist’s car burst into flames while he was driving west on Bucksport Road on Friday night. The Bucksport resident managed to escape without injury.

Police blame a mechanical failure for the fire that ignited in the 1987 Chevy Blazer’s engine while Bradford Burnham was driving.

Burnham pulled off the road and exited the vehicle. When local police and fire personnel arrived, the fire had nearly burned itself out, but the vehicle was totaled.


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