Car Gets Engulfed In Flames On The Upper West Side: PHOTO

Upper West Side NY

09 April, 2021

11:37 AM

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UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — An Upper West Side block became a fiery scene early Friday morning after the front of a car seemingly burst into flames and ignited a nearby pile of trash bags. The blaze took place at 171 West 71st Street, near Broadway and Columbus, at around 3:40 a.m., according to the video posted on Twitter. Photo Credit: Eric Goodwin A second video posted by Eric Goodwin shows firefighters arriving at the scene around 4 a.m to put the flames out. Sara Lind, a City Council 6 candidate, shared her own experience on the post of getting woken up by a garbage fire. "There was a garbage fire outside my window once — it was terrifying," Lind wrote in response to Goodwin's tweet. "I woke up to heat and the smell of smoke and bright orange light and thought my apartment was on fire. We definitely need better trash collection policy!"