West Haven fire damages cars
Updated: 3/21/2010 5:35 pm | Published: 3/21/2010 5:33 pm
WEST HAVEN, Utah (AP) - More than 20 cars and one boat were damaged in a West Haven fire spread by wind and dry grass in a field.
The fire started Saturday when Ken Gomm tried to start a 1997 Pontiac Bonneville on his property. Smoke started coming out from the car once it got running, and when Gomm tried to find out what was causing the flames the fire grew.
Gomm says the fire was an accident caused by the catalytic converter igniting nearby brush.
Wind pushed the fire away from buildings and the home on his property. Another 30 cars were undamaged by the fire and Gomm says a few of the vehicles that were burned might be salvageable.
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