Pond Road in West Gardiner was temporarily closed Monday around 7 p.m. after a vehicle caught fire.
West Gardiner fire Chief Mike Gross said a man was fishing near the Cobbossee Stream Bridge when he turned around and saw his car parked on the side of the road was on fire.
The cause of the fire is unknown, Gross said.
Pond Road was closed to vehicles for just under an hour around as firefighters extinguished the SUV and removed the car from the road. No one was injured.
Cobbossee Stream Bridge, located near the Litchfield town line, carries Pond Road, which runs east of and parallel to Interstate 95.
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