Vehicle fire sets two cars ablaze
CALEB PEREZ | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 3 weeks AGO
A car fire early Friday morning destroyed one car and set a second one ablaze. Moses Lake Fire Department crews were able to extinguish the fire before it spread further.
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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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