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Car Fire Quickly Extinguished at Gas Pumps in Glenmont

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Glenmont, NY - A car fire was quickly extinguished at a gas station in Glenmont Saturday afternoon, July 18th. The Selkirk FD was dispatched with Delmar-Bethlehem EMS for a reported vehicle fire at the fuel pumps at the Cumberland Farms on 68 Route 9W in Glenmont at 4:30 P.M. When the call was dispatched there was already a firefighter on the scene who pushed the car away from the fuel pump and deployed a fire extinguisher on the engine compartment. According to Assistant Chief Tom Neri, an arriving Bethlehem police officer also deployed a fire extinguisher on the vehicle, knocking the fire out. An engine arrived on scene and charged a booster line to wet down the engine compartment and make sure the fire was extinguished.

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THOMAS MARRA Correspondent

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