HUNTINGTON, W.Va. ÷ Police found Marshall University student Samantha Burns' car in Wayne County early Tuesday morning.

Burns, a 19-year-old physical therapy assistance major from West Hamlin, has been missing since Nov. 11. Her mother said she last heard from her daughter when she called to say she was coming home.

She never arrived.

Mack Kilgore of Haneys Branch Road in Wayne County, said he was awakened at 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12 by what he called, "several loud explosions."

His wife, Teresa Kilgore, said when the couple walked up the hill behind their house to investigate the noises, they were expecting a group of teen-agers. Kilgore said teens frequently use the area behind the Kilgore house to drink beer and have bonfires.

The Kilgore's didn't find an ordinary bonfire ÷ they saw flames that rose up through the tree branches. When they heard one last explosion, they decided to call 911.

The car, a 1999 Chevrolet Cavalier, belonged to Samantha Burns.

Kilgore said he and his wife did not know Burns was missing.

Burns was not in the car.

According to a vehicle incident report from Wayne County Sheriff's Department, sheriff's deputy F. M. Watts arrived on the scene at 3:45 that morning.

"I discovered what appeared to be a Cavalier fully engulfed in flames," Watts said in the report. "No one was near the scene."