Truck fire reported on I-59, driver evacuated safely


A tractor-trailer caught fire on the side of Interstate 59. The driver was able to get out safely after the back tire exploded and flames spread to the cab and trailer.
Audio|Source: Forrest County Public Safety
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Transcript:
30 seconds. Go ahead. Vaccinate with power power. Are you on spot? RPSI's 18 wheeler is on fire. Timeout 1223, push attack one. In this case how they will respond to the gas. Dispatch where did you say? Stand by on the phone at RV. 69. Okay. Sure, you will at 17 to 49 and 59. We do have a fire department in the route. Go take things we get through my line. I'm about two minutes away from that. You show me 17. 269, you can get back 1080, 309. You don't handle that. 7. 69. 10. Go ahead and 17. He's saying the whole truck is going to be on fire. We got 39 a route as well for 557. The 7-507. The radio. 2.1. 2.4. 2.4. I'm reading 22. Him myself and 84 are going to be an hour. eye off. Okay. I'm 59 north of the 65, I got heavy black smoke. 255's got eyes on it. It's going to be in the south side of 59. If you take the exit ramp to go north on to 49, I'm gonna turn around on it. It looks like it's off the road away on the side. It's a whole 18 wheeler. Do you, was the driver call it in? Sure. What's it carrying? Looks like a big concrete tube. I don't think it's like a chemical truck or anything. Copy that. Tenor. They're hauling. They're hauling a flatbed. He advised his back tire blew out and caught on fire. The cab and the front end of the trailer is on fire. It's in flame. The truck and got everything out that he needed.
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I-59, Mississippi
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