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March 08, 2016

Car spontaneously combusts in Lehigh Valley driveway

Mini Cooper bursts into flames outside home

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Lehigh Valley car fire Salisbury Township Police Department/Facebook

A Mini Cooper is engulfed in flames outside a Lehigh Valley home on Tuesday, March 8, 2016.

Fire officials had to act quickly Tuesday when a car burst into flames while parked in a Lehigh Valley driveway.

The Morning Call reports the 2007 Mini Cooper seemed to spontaneously combust outside a home in Salisbury Township around 10 a.m.

Salisbury Township Police Department/Facebook

A Mini Cooper is engulfed in flames outside a Lehigh Valley home on Tuesday, March 8, 2016.

Local fire officials said on Facebook they had to move a car parked next to the sedan after it too caught fire.

The owner of the car told the Call he was particularly upset because he purchased the vehicle the week before. No injuries were reported.

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