Truck cab fire spreads to nearby brush and woods, Luzerne County PA
Fire & ArsonA truck's cab was on fire on the eastbound side near Sherlock Township, spreading fire to the roadside brush and nearby woods. The trailer was empty. The fire caused a complete traffic standstill in the area.
Audio|Source: Southern Luzerne County Fire
03:26
Transcript:
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Trilloff Fire 3rd Dispatch, 80 Eastbound, My Marker 250-21, confirmed truck to trailer fire, 1801.
00:16
Was there, 177, engine 3?
00:19
Engine 3.
00:22
We're en route, what they have on this?
00:26
Confirmed the working truck to trailer fire, the cab's on fire, the trailer's empty.
00:34
The trailer's empty.
00:37
104, thank you.
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177 tanker county.
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Sir, Johnner.
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Show me around.
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10 for 18-0-2.
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Medic 11-212, Hazel apartment's drive, Hazel Township.
01:00
60-year-old female weakness, 18-0-2.
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21-77, engine.
01:15
Okay,
01:17
multiple calls,
01:19
the fire's catching for the side of the road, brush or whatever on fire as well there.
01:26
Stand for.
01:30
Sure of engine two county.
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Engine two.
01:35
Show me responding to the eye.
01:39
Eighteen zero three.
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Medic 2-138 Butternut Road near Kingston Township, 507-0-final, partial early obstruction,
02:06
18044.
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5772-1-177-8-3 engine 3 Traffic is in complete dead standstill in each found
02:32
Okay,
02:35
there's no weak sound traffic coming at all?
02:39
Also, the crossover we do not have anymore, we're going to have to do down to the county and swing around and come back up.
02:48
Okay,
02:49
are you preceded question or are you holding?
02:56
It's in the eastbound lane. It's actually going to be closer to the Sherlock Township side.
03:01
We just don't have a crossover now with that construction now.
03:06
The truck trailer is fully involved. There is a rush fire going up on the right side of it going up into the woods.
03:14
Okay, and you've crashed it going westbound, is that what you're telling me?
03:19
Correct.
03:20
Yep. It's right, uh, it's actually above the new bridge heading towards Sheryliffe Township.
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Luzerne County, PA
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