WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A car backfiring caused a fire near Mulvane on Monday.
Mulvane Fire Rescue said several reports came in around 3 p.m., regarding a “large column of black smoke.”
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At the south end of Mulvane on Kansas Highway 15, crews found a 1996 Chevy Camaro engulfed in flames, according to the deputy fire chief.
The department said the car owner had just put in a new battery, and it backfired when they tried to start it. The car, along with the grass and a stack of old tires, caught on fire.
The closest fire hydrant was across K-15, so water was pumped from an engine with the Derby Fire Department…