YAKIMA, Wash. – A woman was driving home in an SUV she had just bought using her stimulus check Wednesday evening when it caught on fire.
The driver said she got her $1,400 stimulus check and bought the older model Jeep Grand Cherokee for $1,200 later that day, KIMA reported.
She noticed smoke emanating from the hood around 6 p.m. and got off I-82. The electrical fire spread throughout the SUV as crews arrived to put out the blaze. The woman was able to get out of the Jeep uninjured.
Investigators believe the fire was caused by an electrical problem in the vehicle.
The woman said she reached out to the seller of the vehicle but she has not heard back. She said she bought the SUV because the car she currently owns did not have enough room for her dog.
