Update: 520 Vehicle Fire Extinguished

Fire crews were called to eastbound State Route 520 Monday afternoon to put out a fire that had engulfed a VW bus near the SR 202 exit.

Trooper Julie Startup, a spokeswoman with the state patrol, said the incident began at about 4:45 p.m. Monday when the vehicle began smoking and its driver pulled off the highway onto the SR 202 off-ramp. Flames soon developed.

Startup said at about 5:10 p.m. that the fire had been extinguished from overhead by a "jet water gun" flown by the Mountlake Terrace Fire Department. The also responded to the scene.

No one was injured in the blaze.

Startup said the overhead water jet was not something the state patrol has encountered frequently in the past.

“From what I understand, that’s a newer piece of equipment,” she said.