1Chillicothe Fire Fighters responded to a vehicle fire in the 5000 block of Highway 190, northwest of Chillicothe Thursday afternoon. The call came in at about 1:45 and the fire crew arrived at the scene, near a trailer manufacturing business, in less than 15 minutes to find the pick-up fully involved. The driver, Kelsey Singer of Braymer, told the fire crew she noticed smoke and stopped and noticed the right wheel was broken off the car and there was fire in the area. The fire quickly spread to the rest of the car.
The fire crew used about 500 gallons of water to put out the fire and were on the scene for about 50 minutes.
The report states it appeared the right front wheel bearing failed on the vehicle.
