Trailer fire causes smoke and traffic disruption on i-70, Lafayette County MO
Fire & ArsonA trailer caught fire near interstate I-70 in Missouri. Smoke from the fire affected traffic, causing lane closures and diversions. Firefighters worked to suppress the fire, which resulted in the trailer being a total loss. The cargo involved was meat products. Traffic control and emergency responders coordinated to manage the situation and minimize disruption.
Audio|Source: Ray County Public Safety
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Probably to the, I don't know, the south outer would be smoke, more smoke clear at that point.
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But I think the wind is going to change any time now,
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and it should start blowing the smoke across the interstate.
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You might just check with 13-Zoney.
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Yeah.
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Oh,
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I'm 23 at the scene.
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47.
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17.
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17. Set up, they're exited at X-149.
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I think it's Lafayette's assisting.
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Back up westbound, though.
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820, will you down it?
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820.
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Traffic diversion, have them divert everything to the South Outer Road.
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South Outer Road.
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We got a majority of our fire equipment is going to set up on the north of the Outer Road.
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I don't want everybody coming through here.
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If you got anybody heading here, we got cars getting back on the westbound from the junction, if they could shut that ramp down.
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175, you copy.
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139, 175, are you going to need more cars?
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Do you need some more cars?
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I imagine we're going to need all four of us if we're trying to soak the interstate down in direct traffic.
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You okay?
02:30
Do you send anything from cars at the junction?
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4-0-2-go-head!
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Just try to send things on the south side, south outer road, I guess all the apparatus is on the north outer.
02:47
Copy that. Put them on the South Outer, I'll let them know.
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Oh,
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hey, did you copy that traffic? They wanted them to go down the South Outer, not the North Outer.
03:00
They want them to move to the South Outer.
03:02
All the apparatus are on the North Outer Road.
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Senator, I'm headed that way.
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217.
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820. 13708.
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501,
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Jackson County Tow,
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let them know that the trailer,
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the fire's getting close to being out, but the trailer's a total off,
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the truck.
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is a maybe at this point.
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There's nothing else to get them to stage at the 45, so when we're ready for them, they can come in.
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Also, as a health department,
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working on the bill of lading, but it is a meat product, meat product.
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10-4[1] for clear.
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No about when toge appear.
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They're probably going to have to shut it completely down for tow.
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Okay, yeah, HPD is getting beat up at the junction.
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Go ahead.
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Hold on, just a 502 right now.
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Where do you want me out?
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I guess you go up to the scene and see if we can get Lane going, let me know.
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We'll open up a little bit for now.
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10-4[1].
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Hey, 2013, Stephanie.
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We still got the left lane open here currently.
05:38
I haven't stopped traffic, so it will clear out what it does we might be able to get the left lane through, but they're still working on fighting the fire and I don't know how long that's going to take.
05:51
I do have MODOT en route.
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to assist with the lane drop.
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Their ETA is probably close to two hours,
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but they're doing what they can.
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Okay, yeah, check with fire and see if they're good with us getting the left lane through if we set up traffic control there.
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