By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post
GYPSUM - A Gypsum woman escaped injury after her car caught fire Saturday morning.
Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan said this morning that a 61-year-old Gypsum woman went out to start her 2001 Buick LeSabre at approximately 9:18 a.m. Saturday in the 600 block of King Street. Just after the car started, she heard a loud pop and the car caught fire.
The woman was able to exit the car without injury, he said.
Firefighters from Rural Fire District No. 1 extinguished the blaze.
The car was a $3,000 loss, Soldan said.