THE Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services responded on Wednesday to a vehicle fire that damaged a pickup truck on Isa Drive in the Capital Hill area.
DFEMS spokesman Derek Gersonde said no one was injured and “no treatment was provided at the scene for medical complaints in relation to the fire.”
He said based on the preliminary scene investigation conducted by the Division of Arson Investigation, the fire originated in the pickup’s engine compartment.
“The cause of the fire is still undetermined and being processed by the arson investigators,” Gersonde added.
He said at 11:04 a.m. on Wednesday, DFEMS was notified by a firefighter assigned to the Covid-19 Task Force about the vehicle fire.
At 11:07 a.m. Engine-2 and Medic-2 from the Garapan Fire Station were dispatched to the scene with Engine-2 arriving there at 11:12 a.m.
The blaze was reported under control at 11:17 a.m., Gersonde said.
The video of the vehicle engulfed in flames circulated on social media just before lunch time on Wednesday.
A pickup truck catches fire on Isa Drive in the Capital Hill area at around 11 a.m. Wednesday. No one was injured.
DFEMS photo
