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NORWICH – A car fire in Norwich was extinguished without injuries after a woman pulled into a gas station, but noticed her engine was smoking and pulled it away before it caught fire.

According to City of Norwich Fire Department Chief Jan Papelino, the driver of the vehicle had just gotten an oil change done about thirty minutes before the fire. He said the driver’s actions may have stopped a bad situation from becoming even worse.

He added that the call came in at approximately 11:42 a.m., with a sheriff’s deputy and multiple other 911 reports that a passenger car had caught fire on the highway near Arby’s.

“When she stopped at the Norwich Speedway and all of a sudden saw smoke coming out from underneath the hood she moved the vehicle away from the gas pumps and onto Route 12,” said Papelino. “I think she did everything that she could have done, it went up pretty quickly.”

Papelino said this was the third call emergency responders had received, with two ambulances already out. He said one of the ambulances had taken a call in Plymouth, and the other was at Chenango Memorial Hospital.