Car catches fire and goes down a street in the Historic Center of São Luís

Images recorded by members of the public show a large smoke screen coming from the vehicle. Then the car appears coming down the street in flames.

During the journey, the vehicle hit the siding of a construction site on a mansion on Rua de Nazaré, broke a concrete sign and knocked over a lamp. The incident frightened traders and pedestrians passing through the area, one of the busiest in the central region of the capital.

The owner of the car reported, in an interview with JM1, that the vehicle started to catch fire after developing a short circuit while climbing a hill near the Palácio dos Leões, headquarters of the Government of Maranhão, in the Historic Center of São Luís.

According to the owner, he got out of the vehicle and managed to pull the handbrake. However, after a few minutes, the car went out of control down the street. Due to the intensity of the flames, the vehicle was completely destroyed within a few minutes.

To g1, Célio Roberto, colonel of the Maranhão Military Fire Department, informed that a team was called to fight the flames, which have already been controlled. The driver was then instructed to register a report about the fire.