Car catches fire Tuesday night behind Memorial Hall

Around 7:10 p.m. Tuesday night, students gathered behind Memorial Hall and watched as the Chadron Volunteer Fire Department put out a car that was engulfed in flames.

No one was injured. 

Two fire trucks arrived at the scene, one cooling the fire and protecting nearby cars with water while the other sprayed foam to smother the flames.

Branden Martins, Chadron fire chief, said that the fire was “electrical in nature and began in the engine compartment,” KCSR reported Wednesday morning. 

The flames were hot enough to blow the front tires of the car.

By around 8 p.m., the fire was doused and responders had left the scene.