Gainesville Fire Rescue firefighters extinguished a fire in a van outside of the University of Florida’s Pugh Hall on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. (Gabriel Velasquez-Neira/WUFT News)
Buckman Drive and Fletcher Drive were temporarily closed to pedestrian and vehicular traffic Monday while firefighters with Gainesville Fire Rescue responded to the scene of a van that caught fire near Pugh Hall at around 1:30 p.m.
A witness said she could see thick smoke emanating from the van as students walking in the area were directed to move away from the area.
University of Florida Police issued a public alert to avoid the area. UPD announced the fire had been extinguished and traffic could resume at 2:39 p.m. No other details were provided.
A Gainesville Fire Rescue firefighter surveys the scene where a van caught fire near University of Florida’s Pugh Hall on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. (Gabriel Velasquez-Neira/WUFT News)Gainesville Fire Rescue firefighters extinguish a van that caught fire outside of University of Florida’s Pugh Hall on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. (Gabriel Velasquez-Neira/WUFT News)Two University of Florida building maintenance employees look on as Gainesville Fire Rescue personnel investigate the details of a van that caught fire outside of University of Florida’s Pugh Hall on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. (Gabriel Velasquez-Neira/WUFT News)
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