Pensacola Firefighters responded to a vehicle fire behind Dollarhide Music in downtown Pensacola about 8:20 a.m.

What they found was a white Honda DX with smoke bellowing from the trunk.

The car’s owner, Mike Arbrouet, had been at his job at GridSouth Network about 15 minutes when the building manager showed up with the news.

“He came in and said, ‘Got some bad news, your car is on fire,’” Arbrouet said. “I couldn’t believe it.”

A charred comforter was pulled from the trunk. Firefighter believe the culprit was with faulty wiring to the rear brake light which ignited the comforter.

“It’s probably going to be (ruled) an electric shortage because of where the brake light is at,” said Lt. Richard Grover, of the Pensacola Fire Department. “It could be the stuff laid against it (and) loosened the wire connection.”

Despite the awkward chain of events that left Arbrouet with a trunk full of burned belongings and a damaged car, he was all smiles.

“It’s Friday,” he said. “Plus, my wife has been bugging me to get a new car anyway.”