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Fire torches 3,500 rental cars left unused due to coronavirus at Florida airport

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There are plenty of hot deals to find on rental cars amid the coronavirus crisis — except in southwestern Florida, where 3,500 of them just went up in flames.

A brush fire tore through a grassy area near Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers late last Friday, injuring no one but destroying millions of dollars worth of vehicles in its path.

The 3,500 vehicles were parked in an overflow parking lot near the airport, where rental car companies have been struggling to find a place for their glut of unrented vehicles during the COVID-19 crisis. “We lost count after the hundreds.” Police and firefighters from across the region responded to the incident.

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