Local area firefighters responded to a tractor-trailer fire on Interstate 70 Sunday, Feb. 28.
The New Concord Fire Department was dispatched at 1:50 a.m. to mile marker 171.
The New Concord and Cassell Station Fire Departments responded to an Interstate 70 tractor-trailer fire on Feb. 28. Photo courtesy of New Concord Fire Department.
New Concord firefighter Chris Cocca said the semi-truck had disconnected from the trailer on Interstate 70. The brakes were the cause of the fire.
When arrived at the scene N.C.F.D. was assisted by Cassell Station Fire Department in putting 700 to 800 gallons of water on the semi’s breaks.
A New Concord firefighter puts out the fire on the tractor-trailer’s brakes Sunday, Feb. 28. Cassell Station Fire Department was also on the scene. Photo courtesy of the New Concord Fire Department.
Firefighters were on the scene for 45 minutes. No injuries were reported and the items the driver were hauling were not damaged.
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