{"id":361784,"date":"2022-02-11T06:05:05","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T20:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=361784"},"modified":"2022-02-11T06:05:05","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T20:05:05","slug":"fire-engulfs-vehicle-in-sadog-tasi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/fire-engulfs-vehicle-in-sadog-tasi\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire engulfs vehicle in Sadog Tasi"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_361785\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-361785\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Fire-pix-11.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-361785\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A fire engulfed a vehicle in Sadog Tasi in the early hours of Feb. 7, 2022. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A fire engulfed a vehicle in Sadog Tasi in the early hours of Feb. 7, and the Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services continues to investigate what the cause could\u2019ve been. <\/p>\n<p>DFEMS spokesperson Rob Mojica said that responding DFEMS units confirmed Monday at around 1:46am that a vehicle was fully engulfed in flames at the Prince Hotel in Sadog Tasi.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from a vehicle, a room on the second floor of the hotel that was adjacent to the vehicle was also found fully engulfed in flames. <\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, there were no fatalities reported but DFEMS Division of Fire Prevention and Arson Investigation, DFPAI, continues to investigate the cause of the fire. <\/p>\n<p>According to an official DFEMS report, a man called 911 at approximately 1:33am last Feb. 7 reporting a car on fire at Prince Hotel in Sadog Tasi.<\/p>\n<p>At 1:34am, Engine 2, Engine 4, and Rescue 1 responded, with Engine 2 arriving on scene first at around 1:46am. Engine 2 confirmed that the vehicle was already fully engulfed in flames. At around 1:56pm, Engine 2 reported the fire under control.<\/p>\n<p>Tony T. Santos, lead DFPAI firefighter in this case, stated that the four-door sedan had sustained major damage from the fire.  \u201cI observed a four-door sedan that sustained major heat and smoke damage. Area of origin was located on the northwest side of the vehicle,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Santos said that, following several interviews with individuals on scene, it was learned that there was a fire in one room on the second floor of the hotel adjacent to the vehicle. <\/p>\n<p>The area of origin for the structure fire was on the western side of the building on the second floor.<\/p>\n<p>As of 6pm press time, DFPAI continues to investigate the cause of the fire and how the two fires are tied together. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fire engulfed a vehicle in Sadog Tasi in the early hours of Feb. 7,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":361786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[900],"tags":[625],"class_list":["post-361784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","tag-sadog-tasi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}