Woman injured after car catches fire
Authorities say a good Samaritan pulled the driver, a 78-year-old woman, out of the car.
Published: Aug. 25, 2020 at 5:41 PM CDT
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) — One person was injured in a car fire Tuesday afternoon in Mankato.
Mankato Fire Department arrived just after 12 p.m. to the intersection of Madison Avenue and Broad Street after a moving vehicle caught fire and quickly got out of hand.
Authorities say a good Samaritan pulled the driver, a 78-year-old woman, out of the car.
She was taken by ambulance to Mayo Clinic Health System with non-life-threatening injuries.
Fire crews were able to contain the blaze to the car and extinguish it.
Authorities believe the fire was unintentional.
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