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Vehicle fire sets two cars ablaze

CALEB PEREZ | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 month, 2 weeks AGO
by CALEB PEREZ
| May 9, 2026 12:26 PM

MOSES LAKE — A vehicle fire destroyed one car and ignited a second one on Parkway Avenue Northeast in Moses Lake early Friday morning.

“Upon arrival, crews found one vehicle fully engulfed in flames, with a second vehicle that had ignited as a result of the original fire,” according to a press release from the Moses Lake Fire Department. “The fire is believed to have been caused by an electrical malfunction.” 

Both fires were extinguished quickly, the MLFD release said.  


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