A BURNING car rolled more than 150m down an East Tamworth street after it caught alight in the early hours of this morning while parked out the front of its owner's home.
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Firefighters clocked multiple emergency calls for help just before 1am on Tuesday, reporting a car on fire on Darling Street, near Rawson Avenue.
A Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crew got to work immediately to extinguish the blaze but the situation escalated when the vehicle began to roll down Darling Street towards Carthage Street.
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"It rolled down the hill and mounted the kerb and came to rest near a power pole, so they had to take that into consideration," FRNSW zone Superintendent Tom Cooper said.
Firies followed the car down and managed to put the fire out, finishing the job within an hour.
Police also attended and Superintendent Cooper said emergency workers spoke to the owner of the car at the scene.
He confirmed the car was not stolen.
Investigations into what sparked the blaze are continuing.
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