Small brush fire caused by tractor trailer tire on interstate, Gainesville FL


A tire from a tractor trailer caught fire and started a small brush fire near mile marker 406 on southbound I-75. Firefighters responded to control the fire. No injuries were reported.
Audio|Source: Gainesville Police and Alachua Fire
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Transcript:
S.21 is responding. Brush 21 response. Response. This is tomorrow, brush, one. Responding for a small brush fire at the 406 Mile Markers, Southdown, 436 Small Markers, Southdown, hollers in a Verizon truck that is pulled over on the side of the interstate, providing that there had been a tractor trailer that had a tire catch fire. And it is spreading the grass. The tire is no longer attached to the truck, but it is still burning. And of course the grass. Known as tractor in danger, no one is injured. Fire does not appear to be spreading. Actually, from the column is, it's not clear if the tire... Correction if the tractor trailer that the tire came from is there, but the tire is there. Just says that the tire came off of a tractor trailer. It's 12 with it.
S.21 is responding. Brush 21 response. Response. This is tomorrow, brush, one. Responding for a small brush fire at the 406 Mile Markers, Southdown, 436 Small Markers, Southdown, hollers in a Verizon truck that is pulled over on the side of the interstate, providing that there had been a tractor trailer that had a tire catch fire. And it is spreading the grass. The tire is no longer attached to the truck, but it is still burning. And of course the grass. Known as tractor in danger, no one is injured. Fire does not appear to be spreading. Actually, from the column is, it's not clear if the tire... Correction if the tractor trailer that the tire came from is there, but the tire is there. Just says that the tire came off of a tractor trailer. It's 12 with it.
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I-75, Gainesville, FL
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