 On Monday, March 4th, a vehicle driving south on U.S. 23 had spontaneously caught fire. First responders from Pikeville Fire and Police and Pike County Sheriff's Office were at the scene almost immediately to assess the situation and douse the flames. There were no reported injuries and the cause of the fire has yet to be determined. First units arrived at 1051 from station 3 and found that the vehicle was involved with fire and smoke. The two occupants were out of the vehicle. By that time they went ahead and shut down one lane until the engine got there and then due to the public safety we went ahead and shut down 23 for their sake, but also our sake as well and notified the PD that they need to come and help us shut down the road and divert traffic. Also Highway Department was notified due to the fact that the fire had started in the rear of the vehicle and they had just filled the tank up so we had fuel that was on fire running down 23. So we had the Highway Department come up with a load of sand to help out with that. Northern Eye Center in Pikeville, your local vision experts, experienced doctors using state-of-the-art technology, choose from top designer frames from Oakley, Ray Ban, Nike, and more. We accept Medicaid and Medicare, plus most insurances are accepted. Northern Eye Center in Pikeville, next to Tractor Supply. Pikeville Fire Department extends their thanks to Pikeville Police and Pike County Sheriff's Office for their cooperation. Clearing the roadways during an emergency is no easy feat. It takes a lot of people to shut down a 23. It's not just an easy thing to do, especially in the middle of the day at lunchtime. So you have to have several different agencies helping and coordinating with that. Pikeville PD was very helpful. So was the Pike County Sheriff's Office. So we rely on everybody to work together. We all work really well together. Reporting for Mountain Top News, I'm Nick Colm.