MADISON COUNTY, Ill. (First Alert 4) – Illinois State Police say multiple dogs have died after a car transporting them caught on fire late Friday night.
Officers with the Illinois State Police responded to a call for a vehicle fire on eastbound Interstate 270 near the exit for State Route 159, just before 11:30 p.m. Friday.
At the scene, police found a white Mercedes Transit Van on the right shoulder of the road, fully engulfed in flames. Police say the van was carrying several kennels of dogs, some of which the driver was able to pull out of the van.
Police say some of the dogs could not be saved and died in the fire. It is currently unclear how many dogs died.
The driver was not injured.
The interstate was closed in the area for 25 minutes while the fire department extinguished the flames. It was fully reopened at 12:55 a.m.
The investigation was handled by ISP Troop 8.
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