It's early morning in January.

It's windy, it's dark, it's icy and snowy.

It's honestly a pretty miserable winter morning.

And a car is traveling down a road called Arrowhead.

It was blustery, it was a snowstorm, and that's typical for that area.

It is in ski country.

This driver, a staff member of the Alpine Ski Club, knows the lay of the land.

As he's driving south, it's pretty alarming for him to see a bit of an orange glow in the distance.

This is really unusual, realizes, okay, something's going on,

stops the car,

opens his door,

starts walking towards this light,

leans over the guardrail,

and in the ditch is a car on fire.

The fire department was your emergency.

The 911 call came in at 5.54 in the morning.

Hi, there's a fire on top of Arrowhead Road.

It looks like a car went off the road. It seems fully engulfed. I'm not sure if there's passengers inside. One of the concerns was, though, is that it's a car fire, and if there was a body in the vehicle. And what kind of vehicle is it? I can't tell. It's fully engulfed. It's down in the ditch, about 75 feet down. And you don't know if there's anybody around? I have no idea. The person who called 911 was also a part-time volunteer firefighter.

And he took some pictures of the scene.

It's like a mini-band. I don't know if there's anybody in it.

It looks like there's print and this, uh, footprints in the snow.

Okay.

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