YAKIMA, Wash. — A woman was driving home in an SUV she had just bought using her stimulus check Wednesday evening when it caught on fire.
The driver said she got her $1,400 stimulus check and bought the older model Jeep Grand Cherokee for $1,200 later that day, KIMA reported.
She noticed smoke emanating from the hood around 6 p.m. and got off I-82. The electrical fire spread throughout the SUV as crews arrived to put out the blaze. The woman was able to get out of the Jeep uninjured.
Investigators believe the fire was caused by an electrical problem in the vehicle.
YFD responded to a vehicle fire Wednesday night in the 2300 block of E. Nob Hill Blvd. There were no injuries reported. Damages are estimated at $2,100.
Posted by City of Yakima Fire Department on Thursday, March 18, 2021
The woman said she reached out to the seller of the vehicle but she has not heard back. She said she bought the SUV because the car she currently owns did not have enough room for her dog.
The woman says she had just bought the jeep with her stimulus check and was heading home when burst into flames.
Posted by KIMA Action News on Thursday, March 18, 2021
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