Vehicles set alight near airport

(5 Jun 2004) 1. Various of civilian cars on fire 2. US soldiers at the site 3. Various of soldiers at the site 4. A US soldier looking through binocular 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Sergeant Larry Gray "We pulled up. There was a lot of smoke coming up, a lot of flames from the vehicle on the right, the left vehicle didn't look like it was on really fire, you could tell that the white vehicle and the vehicle on the right hand side was the black. It looked like it was a suburban. It was fully engulfed in flames, a lot of smoke rising up a lot of rounds, the small arms ammunition was blown up, you know, from the heat of the vehicle. .At this point we don't know. There were people in, but they were able to get out and they were on the opposite side of the explosion site." 5. Charred body next to burning car 6. Small arms rounds on the ground STORYLINE: Two civilian cars were seen on fire on the highway leading to the Baghdad airport. APTN footage from the scene shows at least one charred body next to the burning car, although a US sergeant said the passengers managed to leave the vehicles in time. It was unknown who travelled in the cars. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...