Patrol car catches fire at scene of car fire

The Independence Township Fire Department got two for the price of one on Oct. 25 after responding to a vehicle fire at Hubbard Road and M-15.
After firefighters extinguishing the fire in the first vehicle, a witness noticed smoke coming from under the hood of an Oakland County Sheriff’s patrol car.
An electrical problem was the suspected cause of the patrol car fire, which was easily extinguished by firefighters already on the scene, reports said.