Yesterday afternoon around 1.30 to 2pm a car caught fire on the Rajah Road roundabout entrance to Ocean Shores.
Fire and Rescue NSW’s Brunswick 240 brigade attended the fire and with support from the Billinudgel and Ocean Shores Rural Fire Service (RFS) they were able to put the car fire out within 15-20 minutes.
‘The Billinudgel and Ocean Shores RFS volunteers attend in support of the Brunswick 240 brigade to supply extra water as no fire hydrant nearby,’ a spokesperson for Fire and Rescue NSW told The Echo.
‘The driver didn’t know what caused the fire. He did have time to remove most of his possessions. We had to notify RMS (Roads and Maritime Authority) that approximately three panels of soundproofing on the M1 were compromised by the flames.’
The Tweed Byron Police have confirmed that ‘no injuries’ resulted from the car fire.
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