Car Fire

A car fire on a highway in Middleboro, Massachusetts is causing traffic delays midday Friday. Massachusetts State Police are on the scene on Interstate 495 northbound in Middleboro, where a car has caught fire while pulled over the right side of the road. Delays are expected on the highway, according to state police.

A car exploded into flames Thursday evening in Maryland when a driver used hand sanitizer while smoking a cigarette, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue.

Officers Maggie Murphy and Michael Perry help extinguish flames from the passenger’s clothing.

Four cars caught fire in a Somerville parking garage early Wednesday morning, according to the city’s chief. The blaze broke out on the fourth level of the parkin garage at Assembly Row, spread into an empty space and an adjacent apartment building, according to Fire Chief Charlie Breen. The two-alarm fire did not spread into the residential section. There...

A Niantic man is dead after a car crash early Sunday morning on Route 95 in Richmond, Rhode Island. The accident happened at approximately 1:49 a.m. on Route 95 North near exit 3, Rhode Island state police said. Police said preliminary investigation showed a 2015 Hyundai Sonata left the right side of the highway, hitting several light poles and a…

A fire in a three-family home in Dorchester spread to buildings on each side, ignited a nearby garage and a car early Friday morning, according to the Boston Fire Department. Nineteen people are now displaced, including two children. The people who live in the buildings self-evacuated and no injuries were reported.

Authorities responded Sunday to a car fire at a sports complex in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. The Fitchburg Fire Department received a call around 4:30 p.m. for a reported car fire at the Game On Fitchburg Sports and Performance Center. Video showed thick smoke billowing into the air amid a number of parked cars. Soccer was being played on the field alongside…

The Fitchburg Fire Department responded Sunday to a reported car fire at the Game On Sports Complex.

Someone set fire to a Supreme Court police car Wednesday afternoon, according to Supreme Court media relations.

A car “burst into flames,” after becoming entangled in live high-powered lines, the Boston Fire Department said. The car crashed into a transformer pole on New England and Southern Avenue in Dorchester, Massachusetts, late Tuesday night, sending the live wires down on top of it. The driver was able to escape the car before it caught fire, officials said. No…

A two-alarm fire on Billerica Avenue in Billerica called for support from area fire departments.

A car fire sparked a massive, multi-apartment blaze in Somerville, Massachusetts early Monday, forcing many residents to flee their homes. The 4-alarm blaze was reported some time before 3 a.m. on Jackson Road, according to firefighters. It started as a car fire and quickly spread to a 2 1/2-story building and three-story building nearby.

A car fire caused the Tobin Bridge to close to traffic Thursday night, according to Massachusetts State Police. All lanes of the bridge between Boston and Chelsea were closed after the fire broke out.

Volvo Cars is recalling about half a million cars worldwide because of a faulty engine component that may in extreme cases cause a vehicle to catch a fire.

One person was transported to a local hospital with minor injuries Sunday after a car fire on the Massachusetts Turnpike near exit 14, according to Weston, Massachusetts police. Officials say the car fire started after the car collided with a deer. The fire occurred in the high speed lane, and lanes were closed as a result of the crash.

A car exploded into flames Friday night in the parking lot of a Buffalo Wild Wings outside the Hamilton Mall in Mays Landing, New Jersey.

Authorities in Massachusetts are investigating after a person was found dead following a car fire in Weston last Friday. The Middlesex district attorney’s office confirms that Weston police and firefighters responded to a report of an explosion at a parking lot on Concord Road Friday evening. When they arrived, first responders found a Honda SUV fully engulfed by fire.

Police on Cape Cod have determined that officers should have ended a chase before a crash resulted in the deaths of three people. Officers from Mashpee, Massachusetts, were pursuing a car driven by 22-year-old Mickey Rivera of Fall River when it crashed head-on into an SUV on July 28. Rivera and the SUV’s driver, 32-year-old Kevin Quinn of Mashpee, died...

Interstate 93 north in Quincy, Massachusetts was temporarily shut down Tuesday afternoon between exits 8 and 9 due to a car fire following a crash.

The district attorney on Cape Cod says a man involved in a deadly weekend crash in Cotuit should not have been released following an earlier drunken driving arrest.