MAHOPAC- A Mahopac family escaped injury when their car caught fire while being operated on Watermelon Hill Road in Mahopac late Friday night.
Nine-one-one calls sent members of the Carmel Police Department, Mahopac Fire Department, Carmel Volunteer Ambulance Corps, and a Putnam Empress paramedic to the desolate section of town where responders found a fully engulfed vehicle with its occupants safely evacuated.
The unidentified driver told police the vehicle began smoking and stalled prior to the engine compartment catching fire.
Police said the driver was able to pull to the side of the roadway, and all occupants safely evacuated the vehicle prior to the arrival of emergency services.
No injuries were reported.
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