Tag: Vehicle Fire

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Georgia Officer Uses Patrol Vehicle to Push Burning Car Away from Gas Pump

Officials say Officer T. Hoffman responded to reports of a vehicle fire at a Raceway gas station last week. When he got to the scene, the officer found a car already engulfed in flames extremely close to the fuel pumps.

April 14, 2025

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BWC Shows KS Officers Pull Woman from Under Burning, Overturned Vehicle

Police responded to the accident just after 2 p.m. Monday and found the vehicle on fire with the woman trapped underneath. Her torso was under the vehicle and only the lower portion of her legs were exposed.

November 16, 2022

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BWC Captures NY Troopers Rescuing Teen from Flaming Vehicle

Together, they acted quickly to pull a 17-year-old through the passenger’s side window and move him to safety moments before the entire structure became engulfed.

October 3, 2022

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MI Dashcam Shows Trooper Helping Woman Trapped in Burning Car

When the trooper arrived, flames were visible from the engine compartment, and she immediately ran to the overturned vehicle and began trying to break the windshield using her hands, arms, and feet to gain access to the driver who was trapped inside.

August 26, 2022

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CA Deputy’s K9 Patrol Vehicle Catches Fire at End of Pursuit, Dog Rescued

Deputies acted quickly to get K9 Nina out of the burning vehicle and because of their quick response she only sustained minor singeing to her whiskers and fur.

August 19, 2022

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Video: NJ Troopers Save Driver Just Before Truck Explodes

Two New Jersey State Troopers rescued a semi-conscious driver from a burning truck earlier this week, pulling him to safety just before the vehicle exploded in flames.

March 4, 2020

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Police Warned of Dangers from Fires Involving Electric Vehicles

Safety experts say the only way to extinguish a lithium-ion battery inside a car is with thousands of gallons of water, much more than what it takes to stop a fire in a typical gasoline engine. The other option is to just let it burn itself out.

April 3, 2019

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Video: TX Officer Pushes Burning Truck With Cruiser

Thanks to the quick thinking of a police officer with the Glenn Heights (TX) Police Department, employees at a nearby Jack in the Box restaurant were saved from a burning vehicle stuck in the drive-thru lane.

February 15, 2017

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TX Officer Pushes Burning Truck With Cruiser

Thanks to the quick thinking of a police officer with the Glenn Heights (TX) Police Department, employees at a nearby Jack in the Box restaurant were saved from a burning vehicle stuck in the drive-thru lane. More Here.

February 15, 2017

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Texas Officers Receive June 2015 NLEOMF Officer of the Month Award

For saving a man from a burning car, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund has announced the selection of Sgt. Anthony Schnacky and Officer Matthew Curry of the Rosenberg (Texas) Police Department as the recipients of its Officer of the Month Award for June 2015.

June 29, 2015

Vehicle Ops

Video: Massachusetts Man Dumped Gas on Cruiser, Lit It on Fire

Southbridge, Mass., Police say a man walked up to an unoccupied cruiser at the police station, dumped gasoline on it, and lit then it on fire late Tuesday night. The spectacle was captured on cellphone video.

June 18, 2015

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Maryland State Prison K-9 Dies in Vehicle Fire

A K-9 assigned to the Cumberland state correctional complex died in a vehicle fire that occurred on westbound Interstate 68 in Maryland.

April 16, 2015