On back-to-back days, two cars in Juneau caught on fire in unrelated incidents, Capital City Fire\/Rescue officials say.<\/p>\n
The first fire happened at about 2 a.m. Tuesday, according to a CCFR press release, in the 300 block of Village Street downtown. A 1991 Chevrolet S-10 pickup was “engulfed in flames,” the release states, but there were no injuries reported. Fire marshals say they deemed the car, which was not insured, a total loss.<\/p>\n
The cause of the fire was likely smoking-related, fire marshals say, and there was also slight heat damage to a nearby fence and a car parked nearby. <\/p>\n
At about 4:50 p.m. Wednesday, according to the release, CCFR got a very similar call, for a pickup truck on fire in the 9400 block of La Perouse Avenue in the Mendenhall Valley. When responders arrived, they found flames coming from a 1999 Toyota Tacoma, which was parked just four feet away from a 20-unit apartment complex, fire marshals say.<\/p>\n
Fortunately, metal siding on the building kept the fire from spreading to the building, fire marshals say, but there was still a little bit of heat damage to electrical meters, windows and soffit covers about 20 feet above the truck. With help from a neighbor with a portable fire extinguisher, CCFR responders were able to contain the fire.<\/p>\n
No injuries were reported, according to the release, but the car was deemed a total loss. The truck was insured, fire marshals say, and the cause of the fire was determined to be mechanical failure in the engine compartment.<\/p>\n
Fire Marshal Dan Jager said Thursday that the owner had worked on the engine and ignition system on the truck during the previous couple days.<\/p>\n
“We believe it is that work that may have contributed to the mechanical failure and fire,” Jager said.<\/p>\n
• Contact reporter Alex McCarthy at 523-2271 or amccarthy@juneauempire.com. Follow him on Twitter at @akmccarthy.<\/b><\/p>\n
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