Police say a car crash started a grass fire near an Arlington water treatment plant early Sunday morning.
Landon Haaf, WFAA 12:42 PM. CDT July 03, 2016
A driver is missing after a crash that started a grass fire near an Arlington water treatment plant early Sunday morning, police said.
Around 12:35 a.m., Fort Worth police were called to assist Fort Worth and Arlington fire departments at the scene of a grass fire near the Village Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant on the 1500 block of Greenbelt Road.
Police say the driver was likely speeding when the car left the roadway, cleared a fence and rolled down an embankment before landing in the ditch.
Water Department video footage showed the driver of that car leaving the scene before the car caught fire. No one was inside the vehicle when the fire started, police said.
Images captured by News 8 at the scene showed a charred vehicle laying upside-down in the grass.
The Village Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant is located just south of the Trinity River's West Fork, near the border between Fort Worth and Arlington.
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