Bad Day - Car Fire 7/29/09. Delray Beach, FL Fire Department

About 11 am on July 28, at the corner of Dixie and Linton, I noticed a car smoking with the driver standing behind it. I took a couple stills, I was about to walk away when I noticed flames coming from the back of the older model Mercedes Wagon. I started videoing about 30 seconds after the initial smoke. The car was completely engulfed in about 1-1.5 minutes, happened really fast. Amazing how fast a car can go up. A police officer was there immediately, took a few minutes for the Fire dept to show up. The driver stood back and watch his car burn, I never saw him attempt to go back to the car, hes the guy in the green shirt, that you might see for a couple secs. By the time I started videoing the gas tank had already popped. You can hear two or more tires exploding, one as the fire fighters approach, and one before. Pretty interesting, but a bad day for the driver.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Car Fire
• Fire Department
• Delray Beach
• Smoke
• Linton Blvd
• Dixie Highway
• July 2009

[AlphaForward]

Indeed I did, but who really cares.

By the way, I was driving my M3 when I saw this fire, it has yet to burn to the ground, like that other "EuroJunk".

Peace, Stay Cool.

[BakinAkin]

Fail!!!! Firefighting 101.. approach a burning vehicle at a 45 from the side

[boston18967345]

@7089540230 No, he spelled it right.

[Denmarkmaine1]

the description says it wuz the 28th but the title said the 29th

[7089540230]

good video....

you spelled Del Ray wrong in the Title

[chechnya]

LOL You obviously don't know what you're talking about. Are you even old enough to drive? A car not a power wheels.

[Harleybum]

Nice video! It shows what EUROJUNK the BMW's and Mercedes really are. We see them on fire in nevada all the time. These piece of shit cars cant handle the heat....