Semi-truck fire sparks highway shutdown on I-24 in Metropolis, Metropolis IL
Fire & ArsonA semi-truck with a refrigerated trailer caught fire on I-24 westbound near mile marker 34, which forced a full highway shutdown and mobilized multiple emergency crews.
Audio|Source: Southern IL and Western KY Public Safety
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The plane is our tractor trailer, and there's only involved.
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We're going to need to shut down the interstate.
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A pretty good way is back.
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It's going to be a light.
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A 4 and a 34-mile marker.
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Before my monitor is going to be the E-Fowler westbound.
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I think he said we're going to have to shut the interstate down.
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If you want to get the therapy, the on the ramp west out, keep you from getting on that.
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Good point.
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Fire department that I have my vehicle in the middle of the hot interstate to keep traffic from it, advise them to not hit my car.
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1910, I'm on the phone with the state fleet.
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As soon they acknowledge that they are in route, Iowa would advise them that
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their vehicle was in the middle of the interstate.
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I've got to have some of the fire department.
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County, you advise everybody was out of the vehicle, correct?
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The online ambition out.
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This ISP is coming from Union County, that is the closest one that they have.
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I'm Pagey Nile County Fire again.
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Four County, I had to take college.
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Oh,
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go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go,
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so.
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34 is going to be past the country club over pass.
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We have a semi-truck fully engulfed in his refrigerator trailer.
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Everybody is out as a vehicle.
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He does have his vehicle in the middle of the road blocking traffic.
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Please say attention.
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Good morning.
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I'll try to get you.
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I'm more worried about Chase.
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From what I could tell,
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I can't get any closer to it.
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It's pretty hot.
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Trinker from Java rolling this way too.
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19104, engine 1 just went in route.
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Pension jop fire.
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County fires requesting hit their engines to I-24 westbound mile marker 34.
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I-24 westbound mile marker 34.
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They have a semi-fully engulfed.
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The security no refrigerate trailer.
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You know, Joppa.
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Made the tiger.
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Attention Joppa fire.
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County fires requesting their engines to be taken to I-24 with Belmont Market.
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34,
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I-24 Westbelt, Homemarker 34,
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for a semi-fulling ghost.
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It is carrying a recharge trailer.
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Metropolis action, right?
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I'll have to take the apron on the right.
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Once you get on the air, sitting near the fire, we've got there if the traffic all blocked.
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And this thing is, it really looks like it's the trailer and all.
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If it is free on, we're going to have to be careful with this stuff.
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3, 104, F1, what was there traffic for the dispatch?
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Need to get the takers from Joppa hit it this way, just in case we need it.
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The bari paced come out.
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Thank you.
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Traffic stopped on the westbound and you can get through if you just have a sec to your room.
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He said, uh, you'll pull up probably somewhere closer beside my truck.
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I will be at the guy he is.
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Okay, Laura.
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Here we're in a forty-second, really, a little bit of you know.
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Get here, we're going to pull probably two lines front, brook, I'll be the first one.
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I-24, Metropolis, IL
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