Sanibel crews extinguish truck on fire at beach park

By TIFFANY REPECKI trepecki@breezenewspapers com

The Sanibel Fire and Rescue District recently responded to a vehicle on fire in a parking lot

On Aug 2 at about 2:30 p m , crews were dispatched to the Lighthouse Beach Park, at 110 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, about a report of a vehicle fire The involved vehicle was a Dodge Ram pickup truck

“When they responded, they found that the entire cab and engine compartment were fully engulfed in flames,” Deputy F i r e C h i e f J o h n D i M a r i a s a i d “ T h e y quickly and efficiently extinguished the fire ”

It took the crews about five to 10 minutes to put out the flames.

DiMaria reported that no other vehicles were involved and there was no additional damage

“ E v e r y t h i n g w a s m i t i g a t e d p r e t t y quickly,” he said.

“Nobody got hurt,” DiMaria added

The cause of the fire was unknown as of Aug 5; mechanical failure may have been involved

The Sanibel Police Department also responded and provided assistance

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