Car fire briefly closes southbound Sagtikos

Firefighters arrive at the scene of a car fire on the southbound Sagtikos Parkway. Volunteers from the Brentwood Fire Department responded to the scene, southbound between Exit S3, Pine Aire Drive, and Exit S4, the Southern State Parkway, in West Brentwood, police said. (May 23, 2011) Credit: Ed Betz
A car fire briefly closed the southbound Sagtikos Parkway Monday, state police and county fire officials said.
Volunteers from the Brentwood Fire Department responded to the scene, southbound between Exit S3, Pine Aire Drive, and Exit S4, the Southern State Parkway, in West Brentwood.
State police said a minivan caught on fire at 8:20 a.m. No one was injured in the incident -- and the road was reopened at about 9 a.m., police said.

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