MAJOR CAR FIRE IN FAYETTEVILLE OVER WEEKEND

  

Fayette County police were called out to a car fire near Fayetteville Saturday afternoon.

According to Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek, the office received a 911 call reporting a car fire on State Highway 159, near Lakeview Drive.

The Fayetteville Fire Department, along with Deputies Ben Wilson and Darrell Maze, arrived at the scene to find the vehicle fully engulfed, as well as a grass fire along the roadway.

The fire was extinguished, and there were no reported injuries.  The cause of the fire is believed to have been mechanical, starting in the engine area of the vehicle.