Bay Area/ San Francisco

Mercedes Bursts Into Flames Near Panhandle

Published on February 02, 2016
Mercedes Bursts Into Flames Near PanhandlePhoto: Alex Shapiro/Twitter

Shortly after 5pm today a Mercedes parked on Fell Street near Masonic burst into flames. Tipster Sean S. first alerted us to the situation. "Mercedes self immolation on Fell just now," he wrote. "Street closed, fire out and and police on scene, no injuries it seems."

According to this Twitter account, the fire was extinguished before 5:30pm: 

No word yet on what caused the fire, and luckily it appears that no one was hurt during the incident.