Crime & Safety

A Car Fire Slows Traffic South On the Merritt

Plumes of black smoke rose high over the slow moving traffic heading south on Route 15, between exits 44 and 42 in Fairfield, at around 7:15 Wednesday night. A car in the right lane was engulfed in flames.

Two men could be seen standing off to the side of the highway.


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