Berlin police pulled an elderly woman to safety as heavy smoke and fire spread around her vehicle.
Smoke emanated from the engine compartment of a 2003 Buick Sedan that was stuck in traffic at 2:43 p.m. Tuesday. Two Berlin police officers observed the car while they were conducting a school crossing post detail at the corner of S Franklin Avenue and the White Horse Pike.
The vehicle began as heavy smoke became a fully engulfed fire in the engine compartment. That's when Lt. Joshua Smith and Sgt. Eric Wolf noticed the driver, 75, trapped inside.
The car was surrounded with smoke and flames, but the officers extracted the driver and moved her to safety. Berlin EMS brought her to a local hospital for minor injuries.
Additional officers closed off the area, and the Berlin Fire Department extinguished the blaze.