A single-vehicle rollover turned into a vehicle fire approximately 30 kilometres southeast of Steinbach near Zhoda shortly before 6:00 A.M. Friday morning.

La Broquerie Fire Chief Alain Nadeau says they were able to extinguish the vehicle shortly after arriving at the scene of the collision.

"A guy was going to work and he hit the ditch from the rough road and hit a hydro pole, broke the hydro pole and the car was upside down and it was burning so good thing he got out because it could have been pretty bad for him."

Nadeau says the driver was taken to hospital for observation but his injuries did not appear to be serious. He notes Manitoba Hydro was called in to repair the broken pole.