Monday April 12, 2021, about 2:30am, the normally quiet neighborhood of Garden Patio Villas had a frightening and unexpected disturbance! A resident’s car in the driveway of Villa C6U2 spontaneously caught on fire. The City of Margate Police and Fire departments quickly responded to the call. They immediately extinguished the fire and tore into the front and back of the vehicle to confirm the fire was completely out. Police knocked on the doors of the adjoining villas to get the residents to temporarily evacuate their residences. The neighbor stated she saw the flames from the car while they waited in the backyard area.
Thankfully there were no injuries! There was not much damage that we know of. Garden Patio Villas has a melted light dome cover. You can see in the photos that the garbage bins melted like butter. Unfortunately, the car was a total loss. The Owner mentioned that normally she parked the car close to the garage door but this time she didn’t. She thanked God for keeping the incident contained to the car and no persons were hurt.
Garden Patio Villas has a wonderful community of caring neighbors and we hope all persons living here realize the value of all of our caring seniors! Thank you to everyone here at Garden Patio Villas who keeps an eye out for problems or concerning issues such as this situation.
Thank you to Margate’s Police department and Fire department for their quick response and wonderful job!!
