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Driver escapes car fire on Lafayette Drive

Posted at 11:18 pm February 22, 2015
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Lafayette Drive Fire

The driver escaped, and firefighters quickly put out this fire in the front of a Subaru station wagon on Lafayette Drive on Sunday night.

 

Clinton resident Mark Bunch escaped a car fire on Lafayette Drive in Oak Ridge on Sunday night.

Bunch said he had just left a shop on Midway Lane about a quarter-mile away when other drivers started flashing their lights at him. Then, he noticed a glow by his left front tire.

Bunch pulled over between Hendrix Drive and Emory Valley Road just before 8 p.m. Sunday. He was able to exit the car on the driver’s side, although he was a little worried about the flames shooting up from the front of the 2007 Subaru station wagon. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: car fire, fire, Lafayette Drive, Mark Bunch, Midway Lane, Oak Ridge Fire Department, ORFD, Todd Derrick

Car once owned by ‘Sound of Music’ actor catches fire in OR

Posted at 6:13 pm October 19, 2014
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Glenn Bell Car Fire Sound of Music

A 1965 Studebaker station wagon once owned by Dan Truhitte, who played the German officer Rolfe in “The Sound of Music” in 1965, caught fire in Oak Ridge on Friday. Above Oak Ridge Fire Department firefighter Steven London, left, sprays water on the bottom side of the four-door wagon. At right is ORFD firefighter Sandra Sila-Massengill.

 

A classic car once owned by an actor in “The Sound of Music” movie caught fire in Oak Ridge on Friday afternoon.

Oak Ridge resident Glenn Bell, who now owns the car, smelled gas as he left a doctor’s appointment at Jackson Square Plaza in the green 1965 Studebaker four-door station wagon early Friday afternoon. Bell decided to head home.

As he turned onto Tyler Road from Oak Ridge Turnpike, he saw smoke under the hood and dash, and he jumped out. The car rolled a short distance to the intersection of Tyler and Talmeda roads. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Fire, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: car fire, Dan Truhitte, fire, Glenn Bell, John Kelly, Oak Ridge Fire Department, Oak Ridge Police Department, Rolfe, Sandra Sila-Massengill, Sound of Music, station wagon, Steven London, Studebaker, Talmeda Road, Tyler Road

Firefighters put out car fire on Manhattan Avenue

Posted at 10:37 pm July 23, 2014
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Manhattan Avenue Car Fire

The Oak Ridge Fire Department extinguishes a car fire on Manhattan Avenue on Monday afternoon.

 

The Oak Ridge Fire Department extinguished a car fire on Manhattan Avenue during a busy Monday afternoon this week.

There were no reports of injuries in the car fire, which appeared to destroy the interior of the car.

Oak Ridge Today has requested more information from the Fire Department, and we will update this story with new information as it becomes available.

Filed Under: Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: car fire, Manhattan Avenue, Oak Ridge Fire Department, Oak Ridge Today

Teen confesses to starting Linden car fire, police say

Posted at 6:16 pm March 31, 2014
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Linden Elementary School Car Fire

An Oak Ridge teenager has confessed to starting a car fire at Linden Elementary School on March 8, and police are investigating other fires near the school that could be linked to the vehicle arson, authorities said Monday. (Photos by Tom Scott)

Note: This story was updated at 7:35 p.m.

An Oak Ridge teenager has confessed to starting a car fire at Linden Elementary School on March 8, and police are investigating other fires near the school that could be linked to the vehicle arson, authorities said Monday.

Jovon Brooks, 18, was identified through a combination of video surveillance tapes from Linden, independent information that the suspect could be an Oak Ridge High School student, and the work of Oak Ridge Police Department school resource officers and the Criminal Investigations Division, a press release said.

ORPD school resource officers reviewed video surveillance tapes from Linden Elementary School, and they showed a young man walking toward the car with a brick in his hand, the press release said.

“The Criminal Investigations Division then developed independent information the suspect was possibly an Oak Ridge High School student, which allowed school resource officers to positively identify the suspect as Jovon Brooks, 18 years of age,” the release said. “(He) resides in the neighborhood surrounding Linden school. Detectives interviewed Mr. Brooks, who confessed to starting the fire.”

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: arson, car fire, Criminal Investigations Division, Jovon Brooks, Linden Elementary School, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge Police Department, school resource officers

Authorities investigate vehicle fire at Linden Elementary School

Posted at 7:19 pm March 17, 2014
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Linden Elementary School Car Fire

The Oak Ridge Fire Department responded to a car fire at Linden Elementary School on Saturday, March, 8. (Photos by Tom Scott)

The cause of a vehicle fire at the Linden Elementary School on Saturday, March 8, hadn’t been determined as of Thursday, authorities said.

The fire was reported at about 6:20 p.m. March 8.

An investigation determined that another car in the parking lot had been vandalized, and a brick was found on the roof of the car on fire as the blaze was extinguished, Oak Ridge Fire Department Chief Darryl Kerley said Thursday. “No cause has been determined for the fire at this time,” he said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: car fire, Darryl Kerley, Linden Elementary School, Oak Ridge Fire Department, Tom Scott

Oak Ridge Fire Department puts out car fire on West Outer

Posted at 1:29 pm November 28, 2012
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Car Fire West Outer Drive

The Oak Ridge Fire Department puts out a car fire on West Outer Drive at Westlook Circle on Wednesday morning. (Photo by Tom Scott)

The Oak Ridge Fire Department put out a car fire on West Outer Drive on Wednesday morning.

The 7:04 a.m. fire was in the engine compartment of a 2001 Chevy Impala and could have been caused by a mechanical problem, said Josh Waldo, Oak Ridge assistant fire chief.

No one was injured in the fire, which was on West Outer Drive near Westlook Circle.

The estimated damage to the vehicle was unknown.

Filed Under: Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: car fire, Josh Waldo, Oak Ridge Fire Department, West Outer Drive

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