A driver managed to escape her car just before it burst into flames on Telegraph Street in Washington City Friday night. Emergency personnel from the Washington City police and fire departments responded to the blaze at 8:38 p.m. involving a maroon four-door passenger car near 2000 East on Telegraph Street.
“A 16-year-old female driving up the hill felt movement in her wheels and then flames came out from the engine compartment,” Washington City Police Sgt. Sean Wilstead told St. George News at the scene.
“Really quick thinking on her part, she pulled off on the side of the road and out of traffic,” Wilstead said. “Once she pulled off the side of the road, it fully engulfed.” The girl jumped out of the car, and some nearby brush also caught fire and started spreading up an adjacent hillside.