UPDATE: The story has been updated to correct who extinguished the fire, per information from the Saline County Sheriff's Office.
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Emergency personnel were called to the Salina Speedway Saturday afternoon for the report of a car trailer on fire.
Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan said this morning that a homemade motor home pulling a homemade car trailer was northbound on South Burma Road just after 4 p.m. when the driver, Brian Fry, 57, of Whitewater, noticed smoke coming from the trailer. He pulled the trailer into the entrance of the Salina Speedway and attempted to put the fire out with an extinguisher, burning his hand in the process, Soldan explained. Fry declined treatment, he added. Two passengers in the motor home were not injured, Soldan said.
Personnel from the Salina Speedway safety crew extinguished the blaze, Soldan confirmed.
An electrical issue with a generator mounted in the front of the trailer is believed to have started the fire, which caused an estimated $30,000 worth of damage to the trailer and motor home, Soldan said.