An off-duty police officer jumped into action when they saw a car on fire on Montgomery Avenue in Bethesda, Maryland, Thursday night.
The officer was the first to arrive to a single-vehicle crash scene around 7 p.m., according to Pete Piringer, Public Information Officer for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue.
The crash was at Montgomery Avenue and East-West Highway. When the officer arrived they found a vehicle had collided with a tree and caught on fire. There was an adult woman behind the wheel and a juvenile girl, described by Piringer as a teenager, was a passenger.
Before firefighters arrived, the police officer was able to use a fire extinguisher and knock down the fire in the engine compartment, Piringer said.