LINCOLN COUNTY — Fire crews and deputies responded to reports of two separate vehicle fires Saturday on Hwy. 51, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department.
The first report came in on Saturday morning, police said. When deputies arrived, the driver of the vehicle said the smoke was from a mechanical issue.
Hours later, at 2:30 p.m., deputies received a second report of a vehicle fire. In the second case, a passerby had stopped to assist the driver and shoveled snow into the engine compartment, extinguishing the blaze. Pine River firefighters assisted at the scene.
No injuries were reported in either incident.
