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Car sets ablaze on Gilbert Road in Richmond

A car on fire on Gilbert Road sent a plume of black smoke into the sky on Sunday evening, visible a couple kilometres away. Both Richmond Fire-Rescue and the RCMP were on scene at the blaze, and the fire was quickly extinguished by fire crews.
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A car was ablaze in a parking lot on Gilbert Road on Sunday evening.

A car on fire on Gilbert Road sent a plume of black smoke into the sky on Sunday evening, visible a couple kilometres away.

Both Richmond Fire-Rescue and the RCMP were on scene at the blaze, and the fire was quickly extinguished by fire crews.

The car was in a parking lot in the 12000 block of Gilbert Road at the time of the blaze.

The fire was determined to be accidental.