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Atlantic Fire responds to vehicle fire Thursday evening on I-80

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November 8th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Atlantic Fire and the Cass County Sheriff’s Office responded Thursday evening to a vehicle fire, on eastbound Interstate 80. The blaze just east of the Highway 71 exit was reported at around 6:27-p.m. Atlantic Firefighter Gene Schmeling told KJAN the vehicle, a Toyota, was fully engulfed in flames when they arrived on the scene. The lone occupant of the vehicle, a female, was out of her SUV and was not injured. Crews remained on the scene until about 7:15-p.m.