FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Officials with the Valley Volunteer Fire Department have offered more information on a car fire on Wednesday that took place on Interstate 79 and spread onto a nearby hillside.
The department provided more information as part of a Facebook post on Thursday where it was reported that a hybrid vehicle caught fire at around 4:30 p.m. which began to spread as crews arrived. According to firefighters, the vehicle fire was put under control within 20 minutes using foam, but the brush fire eventually spread to about 600-700 feet away from the interstate.
Northbound traffic of Interstate 79 was shut down near the Marion/Harrison county line for at least an hour on Wednesday while crews fought the fire. No injuries were reported with two telephone poles sustaining damage as a result of the blaze.
Crews with the Monongah Volunteer Fire Department; Rivesville Volunteer Fire Department; Valley Volunteer Fire Department; Winfield District Volunteer Fire Department; Boothsville Volunteer Fire Department; Barrackville Volunteer Fire Department; Bunner Ridge Volunteer Fire Department; West Virginia Division of Forestry; Marion County EMS; White Hall Police Department; West Virginia State Police and the Marion County Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management responded to the call.