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Car engulfed by flames after crash on Old Stage Road in Chesterfield

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A driver struck a pole on Old Stage Road in Chesterfield County, knocking down wires and igniting a fire that crews had to work to keep away from nearby homes.

A Chesterfield County Fire Department spokesperson told 8News in an email that the driver was not hurt, but that the vehicle was fully engulfed in fire and power lines were “arcing.”

“Holding ground cover fire away from residences until Dominion Power arrives,” Captain J.A. Harvey wrote in the email at 3:50 p.m.

There are 105 Dominion Energy customers without power in the area. According to Dominion’s outage website, the estimated time of restoration is between 9 p.m. to midnight.

According to the Virginia Department of Transportation, the fire had closed all northbound and southbound lanes of Old Stage Road near Old Bermuda Hundred Road. The road has since reopened, according to VDOT.

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