Semi-truck engulfed in fire on Interstate 70 Westbound, Eagle County CO


Emergency responders are at a full fire involving a semi-truck on Interstate 70 Westbound near the runaway truck ramp. Fire units including Battalion 8 and Engine 8 have been dispatched to manage the vehicle fire.
Audio|Source: Summit and Eagle County Public Safety
01:47
Transcript:
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Medicaid, Battalion 8, Engine 8, and Safety 4.
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Vehicle fire,
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Interstate 70 Westbound near mile marker (number withheld),
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SC7[1].
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Medicaid, Battalion 8, Engine 8, and Safety 4.
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Vehicle fire at Interstate 70 Westbound near mile marker (number withheld) SC7[1]. Cross streets are runaway truck ramp, 0541.
00:41
Attention all Montrose area cars. The following is a possible ready.
00:46
It's going to be Highway 50 at the 89 Westbound, blue Subaru with temp tags,
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driving erratically swerving, almost going into oncoming traffic, speeding up and braking people, break-checking people.
00:56
It's going to be air to authority westco?
01:11
Charlie 7, huh? I was just going to try to get a hold of you.
01:16
Is it about a car fire at the (number withheld)?
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Semi-fully engulfed, yes, sir.
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10-4[2] and we're out from the office.
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Awesome, thank you. It's 542.
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Come on, Charles before Charlie's time.
01:38
Go ahead, sir.
01:40
Can we make sure if you guys? I'm not sure if we need to shut everything down. It's probably going to be too low traffic up there.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
SC7: Radio channel or talkgroup designated as Scene Channel 7 for service or incident communications.
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10-4: Acknowledgment or affirmative; message received and understood.
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Location mentioned:
I-70, Colorado
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