11/4/14
Firefighters extinguish the vehicle fire and then the woods fire
Smoke from the vehicle fire seen from Highway 129 at the Cleveland Bypass looking up at Long Mountain
(Cleveland)- A female driver was escaped injury Tuesday morning when she ran off the side of Daybreak Road, the road that goes to the top of Long Mountain. The unidentified woman, after running off the road attempted to get the car back on the road way and it is believed that the spinning tires set the dry leaves on fire.
The driver was able to get out of the vehicle, but the vehicle was destroyed and fire burned down the side of the mountain.
White County and Cleveland fire units were able to extinguish the blaze before it got out of control.
The accident was reported around 10:40 AM.
