Car catches fire on southbound side in Smithfield


A car caught fire on the southbound side near Starkey in Smithfield. The vehicle is fully ablaze. The driver exited safely and fire crews are responding.
Audio|Source: Northwest Rhode Island Police and Fire
01:50
Transcript:
51 X1. Next one. Starkey Smithsill fire southbound prior to 12. The vehicle slowly engulfed the brake line. (name withheld) got out the phone. They're en route right now. We advise the operators out of the vehicle. That's question. Okay. 104, thank you. So I can't even see inside. It's blazing pretty good. It looks like it's abandoned, but I gotta wait until fire gets here. 10-4. Smith-through fires en route. 15th of the fire is getting off south down from next 15 to do that in a minute. You continue south down, we have a operator that's called out he believes with the operator of the car fire. Exit 10. Ten, four, are they pulled over? At ten, four, they're pulled over. He's in a white, Chrysler, Pacifica. The operator's acting erratic outside his view.
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Smithfield, RI
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