UPDATE Norwood: Car Explodes in Flames, Two Male Occupants Escape Fire

By SÍLE MOLONEY

A CAR EXPLODES in flames on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023 on East 206th Road by Bainbridge Avenue in Norwood, The Bronx.
Video courtesy of the Residents’ App

An occupied automobile being pushed alongside Bainbridge Avenue in Norwood spontaneously combusted on Saturday afternoon and later exploded and have become engulfed in flames on East 206th Road.

The 2 male occupants had gotten out earlier than the automobile exploded and had survived the ordeal, certainly one of them informed Norwood Information, and the automobile, itself, was utterly destroyed and burnt out. In response to one of many occupants, neither occupant was injured.

Requested what occurred, one of many two, a younger man who declined to be recognized, and who was not the proprietor nor the driving force of the automobile, informed Norwood Information, “We don’t know the trigger.”

He mentioned they have been each within the automobile and had been out driving for some time and have been on their manner house after they abruptly noticed flames popping out of the exhaust within the rear view mirror.

The younger man mentioned they turned onto East 206th Road from Bainbridge Avenue to get a fireplace extinguisher from their house however then the flames entered the trunk and that’s after they stopped and received out.

The younger man mentioned the hearth division was known as and put out the hearth. Requested what mannequin automobile it was, the younger man mentioned he believed it was a 2000 Mustang GT. Norwood Information has reached out to the automobile producer for remark.

When requested, the automobile passenger mentioned that the driving force has insurance coverage. The automobile was later seen being towed away from the situation by a truck as shocked onlookers took within the loopy scene, which occurred at round 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 9.

Requested if there was any injury, the younger man shrugged and mentioned, “My jacket.” He added, indicating there was extra stuff within the trunk, “I attempted to maintain the trunk open.” He then mentioned, “As you may see, there’s nonetheless a pile of stuff again there.”

The FDNY later mentioned they responded to a name at 15.49 p.m. of a fireplace at 325 E 206th Road (between Perry Avenue and Bainbridge Avenue). Two fireplace items responded and the hearth was extinguished at 4:38 p.m.

They confirmed there have been no accidents. We requested if the hearth division could be wanting into the reason for the hearth and an FDNY spokesperson responded, saying, “No investigation, no trigger. We don’t typically examine automobile fires except deemed suspicious and it has not been.”

Individually, we requested the NYPD if that they had investigated the incident and a spokesperson mentioned that, generally, the NYPD would solely examine such incidents if there was a suspicion of criminality.