Desert Hills Fire Department fire fighters got dispatched for assisting Department of Yucca Fire along with fire of semi-truck around 3:55 p.m. on Sunday. The Desert Hills Fire Captain Bill Weber said that the incident wasn’t just an accident. He says that driver was traveling in east bound lanes of the I-40 & he saw rear of truck caught fire & it pulled over. This is when things started burning up in flames.
Weber said that truck was 53 foot trailer of box carrying some meat products & was not really considered as hazardous. He says that every thing was destroyed from one bumper to the other. Driver had pulled truck on to exit off-ramp at Alamo Road at mile post 25 & away from the traffic, according to him. There weren’t any injuries reported. It’s undetermined regarding what state this truck got registered due to the damage extent.
This fire was around 1 mile north of lanes that are eastbound from semi-truck fatal fire which claimed life of man from California on Wednesday. Such fires are really fatal and there is need for proper care to be taken to make sure that things do not go out of control in the future.
Weber said that truck was 53 foot trailer of box carrying some meat products & was not really considered as hazardous. He says that every thing was destroyed from one bumper to the other. Driver had pulled truck on to exit off-ramp at Alamo Road at mile post 25 & away from the traffic, according to him. There weren’t any injuries reported. It’s undetermined regarding what state this truck got registered due to the damage extent.
This fire was around 1 mile north of lanes that are eastbound from semi-truck fatal fire which claimed life of man from California on Wednesday. Such fires are really fatal and there is need for proper care to be taken to make sure that things do not go out of control in the future.