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Trash truck catches fire in Locust

By Tiffany Thompson, Staff Writer

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 A Waste Management truck caught fire Monday afternoon while collecting trash along Redah Avenue in Locust.

“We saw a car coming up the road. It was flying and the driver was yelling. We didn’t know what it was at first,” said Lynn Millen, a Redah Avenue resident.

“We looked to see what was going on. We saw the car pull up to the truck and then the truck driver jump out. That’s when we saw the fire under the truck.”

Tim Fesperman, assistant fire chief with West Stanly Fire Department, said the truck caught fire at approximately 2:15 p.m. at 511 Redah Ave. from what appeared to be a leaking or ruptured hose.

“It was a pretty extensive fire because there was a lot of flammable liquid,” Fesperman said.

Millen said she watched as the driver of the truck tried to put out the fire with the fire extinguisher in the truck, but she said it did not appear to be working.

That’s when she called 911, and she said West Stanly Fire Department responded within four minutes.

“By that time, though, the truck was totally engulfed. We were worried it might explode,” Millen said.

Fesperman said it was a large, hot fire that engulfed the truck as a result of the diesel, and hydraulic fluid just fed the fire.

He also said the fluid had leaked onto the road and into surrounding yards, but crews were working to contain and clean-up the fluid later Monday.

Fesperman said Midland Volunteer Fire Department assisted with containing the fire which, according to Millen, was because Jeffrey Dixon, a firefighter with Midland, lived across the street from where the fire started.

“Fortunately there were no injuries, but the truck is a total loss,” Fesperman said.

The total cost of the damages could not be determined at this time.



Contact Tiffany Thompson at (704) 982-2121 ext. 24 or snaponline24@carolina.rr.com.

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