Car catches fire after striking utility pole

Two people escaped serious injury Sunday when their vehicle hit a utility pole and caught fire.

Pahrump Valley Fire and Rescue were dispatched to a one-vehicle rollover crash involving a utility pole just before 5 p.m.

Fire Chief Scott Lewis said the red compact car was fully engulfed in flames upon their arrival along Barney Street, just south of Highway 372.

“Upon arrival we found a fully-involved passenger vehicle which appeared to have sheared the utility pole,” he said. “The occupants were out of the vehicle and crews commenced a suppression and extinguished the fire. They had to use extreme caution because the power lines were suspended from the nearby poles. The accident is under investigation by the sheriff’s office.”

The two people declined treatment against medical advice.

Two people were transported to Desert View Hospital following a two-vehicle collision along Pahrump Valley Boulevard and Mt. Charleston Drive on Tuesday afternoon.

Emergency crews were summoned to the scene of an off-set head-on collision at the intersection just after 12:15 p.m.

The initial investigation revealed a Chevrolet SUV and a Ford SUV collided where at least one victim had to be extricated from the Chevrolet.

Both vehicles sustained significant damage.

Last Friday, fire crews were summoned to the intersection of Highway 160 and Calvada Boulevard for another report of a motor vehicle collision below the town’s marquee.

“We were dispatched for a report of a motor vehicle accident where the vehicle ended up in the fountain,” he said. “Upon arrival we found half of the vehicle in the east portion of the fountain. There was no entrapment and there were no reported injuries. The vehicle was successfully removed from the fountain without incident.”

The 3600 block of west Basin was the scene of a structure fire early Friday afternoon according to Lewis.

“Upon arrival we found a fire that appeared to originate on the exterior front porch which extended to the underside of the double-wide manufactured dwelling,” he said. “Crews quickly pulled the skirting and accessed the fire where they extinguished it without further extension into the primary dwelling. Considerations included some high winds and we made sure that the fire was completely extinguished before clearing the scene. We wanted to make sure there was no probability of rekindling.”

Lewis noted the cause of the fire is thought to be the improper disposal of smoking materials, but it remains under investigation.

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