Vehicle bursts into flames on lawn of La Mirada home after collision

La Mirada-  The driver of a car that may have been driving at a high rate of speed burst into flames after striking two parked vehicles in the 14400 block of Adelfa Dr early Christmas Eve morning.

The vehicle came to a rest on the lawn of one of the homes where

shocked neighbors came out to find the car ablaze. 

Several of the area residents tried in vain to extinguish the flames that had fully engulfed the car when firefighters arrived.

The driver and a passenger both escaped injury after losing control when the driver appeared to lose control of an Audi in the Adelfa Dr curve at a speed that left a long trail of skidmarks, shearing off a wheel cleanly, and startling area residents out of bed.

One resident told La Mirada News that the impact had frightened both he and his wife saying it caused them to think there had been an explosion somewhere in their home as they slept.


No official information was immediately available.