Car fire backs up midmorning traffic

-- Deepa Bharath

A car fire Monday morning at the intersection of Newport Boulevard and

Bay Street in Costa Mesa caused a brief disruption as it backed up

traffic and spewed heavy smoke into the air.

The owners of the car were driving it back from the repair shop after

getting it fixed about 10:10 a.m., said Costa Mesa Fire Capt. Marty

Huguenin.

“They suddenly saw smoke coming from the engine under the hood,” he

said.

Huguenin said people from a nearby auto shop helped put out the fire

using extinguishers.

“But there was still a lot of smoking parts when we got there,” he

said.

No one was hurt in the incident.