HAD TRIED TO START VEHICLE, WOULD NOT TURN OVER, AND THERE WAS NO CLICKING NOISE. LEFT VEHICLE PARKED. EARLIER HAD SMELLED PLASTIC BURNING. WENT AND CONTACTED DEALERSHIP. HEARD HORN BLOWING. CHECKED AND NOTICED WINDOWS WERE DARK. OPENED DRIVER'S DOOR AND SMOKE CAME BILLOWING OUT OF DASHBOARD AND STEERING COLUMN. FLAMES STARTED TO SHOOT OUT OF COLUMN. NOTIFIED FIRE DEPARTMENT WHO PUT FLAMES OUT.*AK