Car bursts into flames after hitting tree in Fort Lauderdale; 2 injured, fire rescue says

Fort Lauderdale police are investigating a crash that left two people injured and a vehicle engulfed in flames Sunday.

The incident was reported in the afternoon at East Broward Boulevard and Northeast 12th Avenue in Fort Lauderdale.

Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue said the vehicle struck a tree and caught fire.

Video shows the car fully engulfed as neighbors, fire rescue, and police units looked on.

Fire Rescue crews extinguished the flames, but the vehicle was destroyed.

Two men were taken to a hospital.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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