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Electric car destroyed in ‘accidental’ blaze on village high street
Mepal is between Ely and Chatteris
An electric car burnt out in High Street, Mepal, on Monday morning. Fire crews from Littleport and Cottenham were called to out to tackle the blaze which destroyed a Renault.
It happened just before 10am outside the post office/ shop.
Renault bursts into flames in Mepal High Street. Photo: CambsNews reader
“Wearing breathing apparatus firefighters used hose reels to extinguish the car fire and returned to their stations by 11.25am,” said a spokesperson for Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue.
“The cause of the fire was accidental.”
One resident said a fire crew returned to the scene at about 3.15pm.
“I guess they had some concerns,” said the resident. “There were a couple of little boys coming home from school who were super excited to see a fire engine.”
