WARREN, Vt. — A 74-year-old Rochester woman has been charged with third-offense driving under the influence after troopers responded to a vehicle fire on Roxbury Mountain Road in Warren on Tuesday, the Vermont State Police said.

State police were notified at about 4:06 p.m. of a vehicle fully engulfed in flames on the road, according to the state police. Troopers who went to the scene identified the driver as Sharon Shaw of Rochester, police said.

While talking with Shaw, troopers noticed signs that she was impaired, and they also learned she was driving with a criminally suspended license, according to the state police account.

Shaw was arrested and taken to the state police barracks in Berlin to be processed, then released with a citation, police said. She is charged with third-offense driving under the influence and driving with a criminally suspended license.

Police did not say what caused the fire, whether anyone was hurt or what kind of vehicle was involved.

Shaw is scheduled to appear Nov. 19 at 8:30 a.m. in Vermont Superior Court's Washington criminal division to answer the charges. Police noted that the court date and time can change.

The charges are allegations. Shaw has not been convicted and is presumed innocent.

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