Incident Type: 
Vehicle
Dispatch: 
Wednesday, March 30, 2016 - 2:45am
Arrival: 
Wednesday, March 30, 2016 - 2:51am
Address: 
Burberry Dr.
Madison, WI
Narrative: 

The cause of a vehicle fire on Burberry Dr. is under investigation.
 
Ladder 2 responded to the fully involved fire early Thursday morning. When firefighters arrived, the engine compartment was engulfed in flames with fire beginning to encroach upon the passenger compartment.
 
Ladder Company 2 pulled its front bumper line and suppressed the fire with foam. The car’s hood was forced open so firefighters could thoroughly extinguish the flames in the engine compartment.
 
Witnesses report seeing somebody inside the vehicle earlier in the evening, but firefighters were unable to locate that individual and/or the vehicle’s owner(s).

Posted 03/30/2016 - 12:44pm
Contacts: 

Cynthia Schuster (Public Information Officer), 608-261-5539, cschuster@cityofmadison.com