Man seriously burned as car catches fire

Car burned and ended up on sidewalk in 2500 block of N. Market St. in Wilmington. (Photo: Delaware Free News)
Car burned and ended up on sidewalk in 2500 block of N. Market St. in Wilmington. (Photo: Delaware Free News)\

 

Car caught fire in 2500 block of N. Market St. in Wilmington. (Photo: Delaware Free News)
Car caught fire in 2500 block of N. Market St. in Wilmington. (Photo: Delaware Free News)

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (12/11/2015) A man was seriously burned when a car caught fire in the 2500 block of N. Market St. this morning, according to reports from the scene.

The incident happened about 5 a.m.

Wilmington police and firefighters arrived to find the car fully involved in flames and on the sidewalk close to a building, with a man on fire in the street about a half a block away.

He was taken to Christiana Hospital.

A second person had been reported involved but none was immediately located.

North Market Street was closed in the area as police and fire investigators tried to determine how the fire started.

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