Car fire
AN ELECTRICAL fault is being blamed for an early morning car fire.
Crews from Stranton Fire Station were called to Studley Road, in Hartlepool, at 3.50am today by a passer-by who saw a vehicle on fire.
It is believed the fire started near the front door of the grey Vauxhall Corsa that was parked in a lay-by in the road.
The interior was badly damaged in the blaze, which firefighters have put down to an electrical fault.
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Weather for Peterlee
Tuesday 22 May 2012
Today
Sunny
Temperature: 9 C to 14 C
Wind Speed: 12 mph
Wind direction: North
Tomorrow
Sunny spells
Temperature: 10 C to 17 C
Wind Speed: 9 mph
Wind direction: North east
