WATCH: Vehicle fire sparks wildfire along highway northeast of Phoenix

ROUND VALLEY, AZ (AZFamily) — A vehicle fire and explosion sparked a wildfire near State Route 87 south of Sunflower.

SR 87 was closed in both directions about 13 miles from Bush Highway due to the fire, now called the Round Valley Fire, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. It has since reopened.

Video posted to AZFamily’s First Alert Weather Page shows heavy flames coming from a vehicle before it explodes…

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