No one was injured in the fire Watch video
FAIRFIELD - A transformer fire spread to a row of vehicles at a Route 46 auto auction Wednesday morning, authorities said.
Fairfield Police Chief Anthony Manna said officers and firefighters arrived at Skyline Auto Auction around 7:47 a.m. to find that wires from the transformer had fallen on to several vehicles.
Due to the live wires, firefighters were forced to watch as various other cars were engulfed in flames as they waited for PSE&G to shut down power to the business.
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The blaze was finally extinguished by around 9 a.m., but not before about 20 vehicles had been damaged "to varying degrees", according to Manna.
No one was injured, and traffic on Route 46 was slightly delayed due to the loss of power at a traffic signal on the corner of Clinton Road.
The incident marks the second time in four months that vehicles have been damaged by fire at the auto auction, which houses thousands of cars. Manna said the earlier blaze had been ruled accidental.
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