He drove off the road into the grassy area.
Soon the inside of the car was filed with smoke, McDougall told firefighters.
When firefighters arrived around 4 p.m., McDougall was out of the vehicle and flames were visible under the hood and under the car, said Capt. Frank Baughman from the Middletown Division of Fire. The efforts of the firefighters were hampered because there are no hydrants close so they transported water from another hydrant.
Baughman said firefighters couldn’t get “a good steam” of water to the fire because the Audi A4 sits is so low to the ground. Foam was used to extinguish the fire, Baughman said. The vehicle was a total loss, he said.
McDougall was the only occupant and no firefighters were injured, Baughman said.
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