WHILE DRIVING ON OHIO TURNPIKE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE.*MR THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED OVER THE RADIO BY ANOTHER DRIVER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SMOKING. WITHIN MINUTES, THE PASSENGER SIDE CAUGHT FIRE.CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND HE AND HIS WIFE TOOK THE DOGS OUT THE VEHICLE. A TRUCK DRIVER USED A FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO PUT OUT THE FLAMES. CONSUMER UNHOOKED THE TRAILER AND THE THREE OF THEM PUSHED IT AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE ABOUT 15 FEET. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AGAIN BUT THEY COULDN'T PUT IT OUT. THE FIRE DEPT. EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. *PH
1999
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:AIR CONDITIONER
WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS A FIRE IN THE REAR AIR CONDITIONING UNIT. THE FIRE BURNED UP THE ENTIRE VAN. THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE VAN HAS BEEN TOTALLED. FIRE DUE TO FAILED FUSES. *AK *ML