A van that erupted into flames Sunday night in Sidney was quickly extinguished and fortunately no one was injured.
At roughly 5:45 p.m. the Sidney Volunteer Fire Department responded to a call of a car on fire outside Harbour Haven, a condominium complex on Resthaven Drive.
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SVFD has extinguished a car fire at Harbour Haven on Resthaven Drive. Quick work by E1 limited the exposure risk and fire was knocked down.
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| A van that caught fire outside a residential complex on Resthaven Drive Sunday evening was quickly extinguished by the Sidney Volunteer Fire Department. (Contributed/Stacey Potter) |
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Fire crews did speak with the owner of the van, a resident on one of the vessels at a nearby government dock who said he had just arrived home, parking the van shortly before the fire.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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