Yesterday at approximately 1:25 p.m. a car fire was reported on the eastbound side of Highway 20 between Fort Bragg and Willits. According to California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Olegario Marin, the vehicle had been abandoned there for over a week and investigators have determined someone had lit the car on fire.
Officer Marin said the vehicle was filled with trash and had been abandoned on the side of the road for over a week. He told us Mendocino County’s Vehicle Abatement program was planning to remove the vehicle before an unknown individual lit the vehicle on fire. Responding agencies included CHP and Fort Bragg Fire.
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THEY SHOULD HAVE LIT IT UP SOONER, I HAD ONE IN FRNT OF MY HOUSE FOR 3 MONTHS, THE LAW WOULD NOT RESPOND TO MY REQUESTS OF TOWING IT AWAY, THEY HAD YELLOW STICKERS ALL OVER IT SAYING YOU HAVE 3 DAYS TO MOVE THE CAR. BURN ALL THOSE WHO LITTER OUR ROADS WITH JUNK! TRY THAT IN A LARGE CITY, YOUR CAR WILL BE TOWED IN AN HOUR.