St. George Fire Fighters responded to a vehicle fire on 600 East near 700 South. No one was harmed in the fire and the cause of the fire is unknown, St. George, Utah, Nov. 15, 2016 | Photo by Mori Kessler, St. George News
ST. GEORGE – Firefighters were dispatched to a vehicle fire on 600 East just off 700 South in St. George Tuesday night.
St. George Fire Fighters responded to a vehicle fire on 600 East near 700 South. No one was harmed in the fire and the cause of the fire is unknown, St. George, Utah, Nov. 15, 2016 | Photo by Mori Kessler, St. George News
A single fire engine from the St. George Fire Department responded to the fire that had ignited in the engine compartment of a parked van around 9:15 p.m., St. George Fire Capt. Coty Chadburn said.
The fire was extinguished in short order and no one was harmed. The cause of the fire is unknown at this point, Chadburn said.
The van’s owner had just had the vehicle worked on in a shop last week, Chadburn said. He had been planning to sell it, he said.
“It’s unfortunate for a person to lose their only vehicle,” Chadburn said.
St. George and Dixie State Police officers also responded to the scene.
This report is based on preliminary information provided by emergency responders and may not contain the full scope of findings.
St. George Fire Fighters responded to a vehicle fire on 600 East near 700 South. No one was harmed in the fire and the cause of the fire is unknown, St. George, Utah, Nov. 15, 2016 | Photo by Mori Kessler, St. George News
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mori Kessler serves as a Senior Reporter for St. George News, having previously contributed as a writer and Interim Editor in 2011-12, and an assistant editor from 2012 to mid-2014. He began writing news as a freelancer in 2009 for Today in Dixie, and joined the writing staff of St. George News in mid-2010. He enjoys photography and won an award for photojournalism from the Society of Professional Journalists for a 2018 photo of a bee inspector removing ferals bees from a Washington City home. He is also a shameless nerd and has a bad sense of direction.
