Firefighters have extinguished a car fire in a turnout 5 miles east of Cranston reported at 2:55 p.m. The highway is still closed, however.
American Medical Response responded to a report that the car’s owner had burned his hands.
Highway 74 closed for car fire
By Idyllwild Town Crier
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