car fire

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.

One person was killed Thursday morning in a car fire in the unincorporated Topanga area near Malibu.

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

A driver crashed into a utility pole on Santiago Canyon Road, igniting a brush fire Thursday Oct. 24, 2019.

Flames raced up an Orange County hillside early Thursday after a driver crashed into a utility pole, ignited a fire in dry brush.

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.

After the body of a 56-year-old man was discovered in a white Cadillac that was engulfed in flames in San Pedro, the man was identified Friday by authorities.

A man was found dead Friday morning inside a burned-out vehicle in San Pedro and police were investigating the cause.

Two people are dead after a mobile home fire broke out in Hemet.

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.

A body was found Wednesday morning in a burned vehicle in a parking lot behind a Westminster business. Officers were called about 3 a.m. to the rear parking lot of 6422 Industry Way in the northern Orange County community by Orange County Fire Authority crews who had responded to the scene about 20 minutes earlier for a car fire, according...

A long day at Disneyland turned into a long night for visitors after a car caught fire in one of the Anaheim theme park’s parking structures.

Two people were killed Sunday evening in a car fire along an Orange County toll road.

The Hauer family got a special surprise Thursday from an anonymous donor that wanted to help after their wheelchair-accessible van was destroyed in a fire

The San Miguel Fire Department is drawing community awareness to a GoFundMe page set up for a family of nearly two dozen, many of whom have special needs, that suffered damage to their home and handicap accessible van in a fire.

Nearly two dozen residents, many with special needs, were evacuated in El Cajon early Sunday when a car fire ignited and threatened the house they live in.

Firefighters responded to at least two car fires early Thursday in a North Hollywood neighborhood. At least five cars were charred by the fires, which also ignited trees.

Residents who were sleeping when a car crashed into their house in Covina Monday said the impact felt like an earthquake.