A driver is unharmed after his car caught fire on Ocean Ave. West and Canora Rd.

At approximately 8:00 p.m. on Mon., Nov. 6, North Saanich firefighters responded to a report of an early-2000s Chevrolet Cavalier sedan ablaze. The Sidney Fire Department arrived five minutes later.

Sidney resident Rob Prior was in the area at the time and reported to the B次元官网网址 Review that the driver of the car B次元官网网址渟melled something funny coming from his dash, pulled over to investigate, and fire erupted.B次元官网网址�

Prior captured photos and video of the blaze.

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The fire was technically in the Sidney Fire DepartmentB次元官网网址檚 jurisdiction, but the fire occurred on the border between jurisdictions, and there was confusion at dispatch about what side of the border it was on. Harmon said he was glad to find his counterparts already at the scene because B次元官网网址渁t the end of the day weB次元官网网址檙e both there to do the same job.B次元官网网址�

Harmon called it a B次元官网网址渞ather difficult fireB次元官网网址� as fuel was leaking from a punctured gas tank, so foam was used to extinguish that fire. A tire also exploded due to the blaze. Both departments were on scene for about 90 minutes with four fire trucks, over 22 firefighters and several command vehicles between them.

The Sidney Fire Twitter account reported that traffic was closed in both directions for about an hour. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

UPDATE: Ocean Ave closed in both directions until further notice.

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With files from Steven Heywood

reporter@peninsulanewsreview.com
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