A car fire broke out on Webster Avenue near Parkside Place in Norwood on Sunday afternoon, April 6, FDNY officials said. The car was seen opposite a gas station located at 3210 Webster Avenue in a coral-colored lane on a slight elevation adjacent to other cars parked in the inside lane next to the street edge, with smoke and flames emanating from the engine section.

 

FDNY officals said they received a call at 6.25 p.m. on Sunday from East 205th and Webster Avenue for report of a car fire which they extinguished. They said there were no reported injuries.

 

We asked if the cause was known and if the car owner was present at the time of the fire and will share any updates we receive.

Witnesses told Norwood News on Sunday when we visited the scene that it wasn’t a huge fire but that there was a lot of smoke. Click here and here to view some videos of the incident taken by a local resident who declined to be identified.

 

While we were at the scene about an hour later, the car had been removed but the smell of smoke was still in the air. A resident pointed to where some residue seemingly from the burned vehicle was still lying on Webster Avenue.

There were also some blackened tree branches though it wasn’t immediately clear if they had been burned as a result of the latest fire or potentially from a prior incident.

 

A parked car of a similar color to the one which was on fire was seen at the site of the car fire next to the street edge later on Sunday with a burned / damaged front corner near the engine block. It was not immediately clear if this was the car that had caught fire or if it was another one.

Read some related fire coverage here, here, here, here, here and here.

 

Click here to read FDNY’s fire safety tips. “During a fire, always close the door behind you!” fire officials say. “It helps contain smoke and flames, giving you precious time to escape. Your quick action can make the difference.”

The FDNY also reminds drivers not to park in front of fire hydrants to ensure timely and easy access by firefighters in the case of an emergency. Two people were killed in a Fordham Heights fire at a Buddhist Temple in February, during which firefighters were delayed accessing a hydrant due to a parked car.