Truck incident causes smoke on I-5 near Verdugo Avenue, Burbank CA
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, units responded to a northbound I-5 traffic incident near Verdugo Avenue involving a tractor-trailer emitting light smoke. The tractor and trailer were separated on arrival, and crews investigated what appeared to be a small brake fire.
Audio|Heard on: Verdugo Fire Red 1-8
Listen to dispatch call
01:41
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 11, R814 and June 14.
00:03
Traffic push on the freeway northbound side of Golden State Freeway at Verdugo Avenue reported just north of Verdugo.
00:11
CHP is advised red two are chasing it.
00:20
Three hundred and sixty-two.
00:26
Sixty-two, I copy you guys on red two.
00:28
Did you have other traffic?
00:32
Affirm, you didn't copy the size up.
00:36
Yeah, we did not hear a size up.
00:40
Okay, sixty-two's on scene off ramp eastbound at Finley.
00:45
We do have a tractor trailer that has light smoke coming from it.
00:50
The trailer and tractor are separated at this point.
00:52
We're doing some further investigation.
00:54
Go ahead and continue fifty-seven for now.
01:01
Engine sixty-two, I copy.
01:02
Alley's on sixteenth.
01:04
Friendly Chester trailer and light smoke.
01:07
Cabs been separated.
01:08
Engine fifty-seven showing on scene now.
01:17
Engine eleven, engine fourteen, nine fourteen, switch over to red three.
01:20
Red three.
01:27
Five seven from sixty-two.
01:29
Just be advised, this appears to be a brake fire only at this time.
01:33
If you guys want to stand by for a second, so we can make sure of that.
01:41
Got it.
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I-5, Burbank, CA
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