Car Fire on the Interstate

Today Friday around 12:30 pm the fire department was dispatched to Route 80 east at mile marker 24 for a car fire. Car 51 and 52 arrived and found a car fully involved in fire with 2 home oxygen tanks in the back seat. Engine 59 pulled up and stretched their front bumper line on the fire and started to knock down the fire. The fire was put out within fifteen min. and 1 person was sent to an area hospital with breathing issues. New Jersey State Police are investigating the fire.