EMS, rescue providers try to pull driver from burning car at Nadir Hill bin site

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Some EMS and rescue personnel worked to pull a driver from a burning car at a bin site in southeast St. Thomas today.

Some 911 emergency callers reported that a car was on fire with a person trapped inside at the bin site in Nadir Hill, officials said.

“Resources mobilized to a person trapped in a vehicle on fire in the area of Nadir Hill dumpsters,” St. Thomas Rescue said. “Please avoid the area, and watch for responding emergency vehicles.”

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